Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 15:52-EDT Last updated: October 20, 1994 Companies, Municipalities and Universities with Domestic Partnership Plans Note: Every institution listed below requires some form of registration for domestic partners before benefits are granted. If this is not true, please tell me. The (R) in the public sector plans means that there is some form of registration granted to non-employees. (For example, Cambridge lets city residents who are not employees register in order to get access to school records of the partner's children.) Note that in many cases when the plan is identical to that provided to spouses, not all aspects may be listed. For example, if company X announces equality of benefits, the press release may not say specifically "medical, dental, life insurance, relocation, and adoption benefits" or may not say that the company does not have a legal plan for any employees. A "(=)" means the rest of the notations are interesting but not really important (except for "(O)"). Public Sector Plans Key: (A) Access to school records (B) Bereavement and family leave policies (C) County plan (c) City plan (D) Dental Insurance Only (f) Family leave policy for domestic partners is same as married partners under the Family Medical Leave Act (f-) two different policies exist for family leave (M) Medical Benefits (P) Parenting leave (p) Pension benefits (R) Registration of partnership (r) use of recreational areas (S) Sick Leave (s) State Plan (T) Tax benefits for companies in the city which recognize DPs (U) Policy derived from collective bargaining (V) visitation in prisons, hospitals, etc. (=) no benefits available to spouses are excluded (-) some benefits available to spouses are excluded (?) specifics of plan unknown [n] number of employees Government Benefits Key Alameda, CA (c) (B) (S) Ann Arbor, MI (c) (B) (S) Atlanta, GA (c) (R) Bay Area Rapid Transit [2,600] (B) (M) Berkeley, CA [1,550] (c) (R) (B) (P) (S) (M) Boston, MA (B) Burlington, VT (c) (?) Cambridge, MA (c) (A) (B) (M) (P) (=) Carrboro, NC (c) (B) (M) (R) (r) (S) (-) Chicago, IL (c) (B) East Lansing, MI (c) (B) (S) (M) Ithaca, NY (c) (R) Laguna Beach, CA [560] (c) (R) Los Angeles, CA [46,000] (c) (B) (S) Madison, WI (c) (R) (B) (S) Marin County, CA (C) (?) Massachusetts [23,800] (s) (B) (V) Minneapolis, MN [6,000] (c) (R) (B) (S) (M) Multnomah County, OR (C) (M) New Orleans, LA (c) (M) (R) New York, NY [417,000] (c) (B) (M) (P) (R) New York (s) (M) (O) (U) Oak Park, Il (c) (?) Ontario Canada (M) (p) Ottawa, Canada (?) Portland, OR (c) (M) Rochester, NY (c) (O) (R) (?) San Diego, CA (c)(M) San Francisco, CA [23,000] (c) (R) (M) San Mateo County, CA (C) (S) (D) Santa Cruz, CA [650] (c) (B) (S) (M) Seattle Metro [4,000] (C) (B) (S) (M) (=) Seattle, WA [11,000] (c) (B) (S) (M) Shorewood Hills, WI (c) (r) Takoma Park, MD (c) (B) (S) Toronto, Ontario (?) Travis County, TX (C) (B) (R) (S) Washington, DC [48,000] (c) (M) West Hollywood, CA [125] (c) (R) (B) (S) (M) West Palm Beach, FL (c) (B) Vermont (s) (M) (D) Yukon Territory (?) A 1991 ruling by a British Columbia court extended Canada's National Health Insurance to same- sex partners. A 1992 court order granted medical and pension benefits to employees of the Ontario government. Private Sector Plans Key: (A) Adoption benefits (B) Bereavement and family leave policies (b) Child care (C) COBRA benefits (D) Dental Insurance (f) Family leave policy for domestic partners is same as married partners under the Family Medical Leave Act (f-) two different policies exist for family leave (L) Dependent Life Insurance (M) Medical Benefits (P) Parenting leave (r) use of health and fitness programs (R) relocation policy (S) Sick Leave (U) Policy derived from collective bargaining (v) Vision medical insurance included (O) benefits offered to same-sex and opposite-sex couples (=) no benefits available to spouses are excluded (-) some benefits available to spouses are excluded (?) specifics of plan unknown [n] number of employees Company Benefits AMTRAK (?) ASK Software Corp. (Ingres, Data 3) [2,058] (Discontinued when ASK was purchased by Computer Associates 6/94) (M) (O) (f) Adamation Inc., Oakland CA [10] (O) Advanced Micro Devices (M) (D) American Association of University Professors (M - stipend) (O) American Automobile Association [3,200] (?) American Civil Liberties Union, San Francisco Office (?) American Friends Service Committee [350] (?) American Psychological Association [1,500] (?) Apple Computer, Inc. [11,500] (M) (A) (B) (b) (C) (D) (f) (O) (P) (R) (r) (S) (v) Autodesk (M) (B) (C) (D) (f) (R) (=) Banyan Systems (M) (C) (D) Ben & Jerry's [300] (?) (=) Beth Israel Medical Center, New York (?) Beth Israel Hospital, Boston (M) (=) Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Mass (M) (O) Borland [986] (D) (M) Boston's Children's Hospital (D) (L) (M) (f) (=) Boston Hotel Workers Union (?) Boston Globe [3445] (M) (B) Cadance (D) (M) (v) (O) Canadian Press/Broadcast News [440] (B) (D) (M) (U) Capital Cities/ABC [19,200] (M) Celestial Seasonings (M) (=) Chiron Corp (D) (M) Columbia University clerical workers, NYC (B) (U) Committee of Interns and Residents Staff Union, NYC (U) Consumers United Insurance Company [15] (?) DEC-Belgium (D) (M) (O) (-) Episcopal Church of Newark (M) Frame Technology [303] (D) (M) (O) Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle) (M) Genetech (M) Greenpeace (?) Group Health Cooperative (Seattle) [9000] (M) HBO [1600] (M) (?) Human Rights Campaign Fund (?) IDG [530] (M) (f) Interleaf [800] (D) (M) (=) Intermedia Partners (M) (?) Irell & Manella (law firm) (M) (?) Jewish Board of Family and Children Services, New York (M) (O) (?) Kaiser Permanente (M) (?) (U pending) KQED, San Francisco (M) Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund (?) Levi Strauss and Company [31,000] (B) (U) (L) (M) (=) Los Angeles Philharmonic (M) (?) Lotus Development Corporation [3,500] (B) (b) (C) (D) (f) (M) (P) (r) (R) (S) (v) (=) MCA/Universal [18,000] (M) (C) Microsoft [12,000] (M) (R) (S) Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy (M) Minnesota Public Radio [218] (?) Montefiore Medical Center, New York City (?) Mt. Sinai Hospital Nurses, New York City (B) (U) Museum of Modern Art, New York City (B) (U) NYNEX workers (NY/NJ telephone company) [93,800] (U) National Organization for Women (?) NeXT Computer Inc (M) National Public Radio (M) (=) Northern States Power (D) (M) (O) [1/95] Northern Telecom/Bell -Northern Research (M) (O) (=) Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers (several locals in NY and elsewhere) (U) Oracle (C) (D) (M) (v) Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (law firm) [761] (M) Park Nicollet Medical Center (D) (M) (O) [pending] Planned Parenthood (D) (M) (?) Quark, Inc. [375] (M) St. Paul Companies (D) (M) (O) [1/95] Santa Cruz Operation [1,300] (O) SAS Inc (A) (B) (b) (P) (r) (R) (s) (O) (-) Sears (Canada) (M) (=) Seattle Mental Health Institute (M) Seattle Public Library (M) Seattle Times [2500] (M) (D) (F) Segal Company (consulting firm) (M) San Francisco Giants (M) Silicon Graphics Inc. [3100] (A) (B) (D) (M) (R) (=) Sony Corp (M)(?) Sun Microsystems [11,000] (7/93) (B) (D) (M) (O) Sybase [2100] (B) (D) (M) (O) (P) (R) Tattered Cover Bookstore (M) (=) Thinking Machines [500] (M) (B) (D) (v) (R) Time Inc (M) Unitarian Universalist Association (?) Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (?) Viacom [5,000] (M) (C?) Village Voice newspaper [226] (M) Warner Bros. (M) Wilder Foundation (D) (M) (O) [1/95] WGBH [800] (M) WQED , Pittsburgh Public Television (M) (=) Woodward and Lothrop Department Stores [16,000] (?) Colleges and Universities Key: (B) Bereavement and Sick Leave (c) child care (F) Faculty/staff only (f) Family leave policy for domestic partners is same as married partners under the Family Medical Leave Act (f-) two different policies exist for family leave (H) Student housing only (h) Home purchase loan (I) informal policy -- not in writing (ID) issues university identification (P) pension plan (M) offers medical benefits (T) tuition waiver (O) benefits offered to same-sex and opposite-sex couples (S) students only (=) no benefits available to spouses are excluded (-) some benefits available to spouses are excluded (?) specifics of plan unknown [m/n] number of faculty/students Institution Benefits Albert Einstein College of Medicine (?) Bowdoin College (H) (S) (P) Brown University (S) (P) (M) (D) Carnegie Mellon University [616/5000] (ID) (B) (f-) (O) (-) Clark University (B) (D) (M) (T) Colby College, ME [140/1880] (ID) (T) Columbia University (H) (ID) (M) (P) City University of New York (M) (B) (S) (f+) Cornell University (7/1/94) (M*)(T)(ID) [* employees of state schools not eligible for medical] Dartmouth College [proposed only 8/10/93] (M) DeAnza Community College (M) Georgia State University [746/24247] (S) (P) Grinnell College, IA [131/1291] (H) Harvard Law School (H) Harvard University (M) Ithaca College (H) Middlebury College (M) (O) (=) MIT [1000/9564] (F) (f) (M) Moorehead State University (P) New York University (M) (P) North Dakota University [532/9711] (H) (S) Northeastern (M) Oberlin College, OH [185/1783] (ID) (T) Occidental College, CA [125/1680] (ID) (T) Ohio State University [3097/51,000] (B) (P) Pitzer College [80/750] (F) (M) Ponoma College (F) (ID) (h) (M) (T) (=) Princeton University [671/6200] (ID) (H) (M 7/94) Rutgers University [1964/48,000] (ID) (?) Simmons College (M) (?) Smith College (M) (?) SUNY at Purchase, NY [129/2999] (H) State Universities of New York (M) (O) Stanford University [650/6500] (S) (ID) (M) (D) Swarthmore College [135/1320] (ID) (T) Swathmore College [135/1320] (M) (?) Union Theological Seminary (H) (S) (P) University of British Columbia (M) Univ. of CA at Irvine [957/15,776] (ID) Univ. of CA at Santa Cruz [405/2036] (ID) Univ. of Chicago, IL [120/9000] (ID) (F) (H) (M) (T) Univ. of Colorado [4500/41,689] (ID) (H) (M) (S) Univ. of Iowa [1600/28,000] (M) Univ. of Michigan [3035/42,673] (ID) (S) (P) University of Minnesota (B) (c) (M*) (P) University of New Brunswick (M) University of New Mexico (B) (M) (T) (=) University of Pennsylvania (M) (P) (T) Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA [3447/34,336] (ID) (B) (T) (-) University of Toronto (ID) (M) (D) (T) University of Vermont (M) University of Waterloo (M) University of Windsor (M) (T) University of Wisconsin [7200/162,330] (H) Wesleyan University [284/1833] (ID) (T) (H) (M) (D) Wilfred Laruer University (M) (T) Williams College (?) Wright State University (B) (M,S)(ID) Yale University [2239/9800] (ID) (I) York University (M) (*) The University of Minnesota was unable to get an insurance carrier to write policies for domestic partners. The University has instead issued stipends of up to $2500 to apply toward the purchase of individual health and dental insurance policies. Utilization of Benefits Company name Total Employees Total Registered # same-sex couples registered American Friends Service Committee 350 5 American Psychological Association 1500 10 5 Apple Computer 9000 45 45 Ben and Jerry's 300 15 1 Berkeley 1475 116 19 Levi Strauss1 23000 138 138 Lotus Development 3100 12 12 Montefiore Medical Center (New York) 4500 14 San Francisco 31000 594 594 Santa Cruz 700 20 3 Stanford University 11,000 29 29 Seattle2 10,000 412 125 West Hollywood 175 5 University of Chicago 6400 25 25 University of Pittsburgh 7500 20 20 Village Voice 226 15 5 EXPERIENCE OF OTHER EMPLOYERS Year Same-Sex Total Enrollment Premium Implemented Only Employees Shift Increase UNIVERSITIES & HOSPITALS Chicago 1993 yes 6,060 0.1% no a Children's 1992 yes 4,300 0.4% mixed b (Boston) Harvard 1993 yes 10,400 note c no Iowa 1993 yes 8,000 0.2% no a Montefiore 1991 yes 8,500 0.3% no (New York) Stanford 1993 yes 9,760 0.2% yes MUNICIPALITIES Berkeley, CA 1985 no 1,475 7.9% no Cambridge, MA 1993 no 900 1.9% no San Francisco, 1991 no 32,500 0.5% no CA Santa Cruz, 1986 no 700 2.8% no a CA Seattle, WA 1990 no 10,000 2.8% no COMPANIES Ben & Jerry's 1989 no 350 4.0% no International 1993 no 1,500 2.3% no a Data Group Levi Strauss 1992 no 23,000 0.6% yes Lotus 1991 yes 3,100 0.4% yes The Village 1982 no 230 7.8% no Voice Average: Same-sex only 0.3% Average: Same & opposite-sex 3.4% Notes: a Self-insured, not offered under HMO plans. b Offers four plans, only one increased premiums. c Harvard shift data not yet available. All data provided by Harvard University. 1 Approximate enrollment. Enrollment is 0.6%. 2 Of the 412 enrollees, 230 have applied for medical benefits