Google Adding Pay to Cover Same-Sex Benefits Tax

In a move that will hopefully nudge other company into abide by courting , Google is planning to increase the pay of gay and lesbian employee to cover a tax on their welfare that straight employee are exempt from .

The taxation , which stems from employer - provided health benefit for domestic pardner being counted as nonexempt income , does n’t use to straight , married employee , who ’s benefits are n’t nonexempt . Because of the tax , employee with domestic partners give about $ 1,069 per twelvemonth more than a matrimonial employee with very coverage .

Google is merely bump up impact employee pay to spread over the taxation , making their benefits fairish and adequate to all . practiced on you , Google . Hopefully other Silicon Valley companies will follow lawsuit . Or , optimally , the taxation code will be changed so it ’s no longer below the belt taxing homosexual and lesbians . [ NY Times ]

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