It has been a year since City Council approved Sam's proposal to enact an Equal Benefits Ordinance (EBO). The EBO requires that contractors doing work on behalf of the City do all they can to offer equal benefits to their employees with domestic partners and employees with spouses.
How is it working? Well, out of 197 contracts covered by the EBO, 98% were in compliance with only 4 contractors being granted waivers. Moreover, 24 were in "delayed compliance," meaning that 24 employers would be amending their benefits to cover for domestic partners in the coming year.
The success of the first year of the EBO means expanded health coverage, family leave and retirement benefits for many employees' domestic partners, with little to no additional cost to employers.
Related Documents
- Purchasing Bureau - Equal Benefits Program [1]
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