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发帖数: 19713 | 1 Calif. Gov Signs Equal Benefits Law
By Trudy Ring
Christine Kehoe x390 (her site) | ADVOCATE.COM
California governor Jerry Brown today signed into law a bill requiring
businesses that have large contracts with the state to provide equal spousal
benefits for all employees, gay and straight.
The legislation, authored by lesbian state senator Christine Kehoe (pictured
) and backed by LGBT rights group Equality California, prohibits the state
from entering into a contract of more than $100,000 with businesses or other
entities that deny same-sex spouses the benefits offered to opposite-sex
spouses of employees. The bill passed the state legislature last month.
“Providing the same benefits to an employee with a domestic partner, or
same-sex or opposite-sex spouse ensures that workers receive equal pay for
equal work,” Kehoe said in a press release. “California should lead the
way for other employers to provide benefits that are nondiscriminatory.”
“The state’s tax dollars earned by hardworking Californians should not be
invested in companies that unfairly discriminate against LGBT people and
their families,” added Roland Palencia, executive director of Equality
California. |
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