Tag: same-sex spouses
Freedom of movement for all families? Same-sex couple ask EU court for recognition
Will married couple Adrian Coman and Clai Hamilton be recognised as a family and have the right to move to Romania together? That is the potentially life-changing situation being considered by the Court of the Justice of the European Union (CJEU) today.
Israel to recognise foreign homosexual couples
Government agrees to ease conditions for foreign homosexual couples seeking Israeli citizenship.
Treasury Department Announces Proposed Rule Change In Light of Nationwide Marriage Equality
Proposed regulations further clarify federal tax code relating to marriage to be inclusive of same-sex spouses.
USA : ExxonMobil Offers Benefits to all Employees’ Spouses
ExxonMobil, which for years has failed to offer basic non-discrimination protections to its LGBT employees and health benefits to their families, today announced it will at last recognize legal same-sex marriages and offer health benefits to same-sex spouses of its employees.
Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act Introduced in U.S. House and Senate
While the Supreme Court’s decision striking down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act and guidance from the Office of Personnel Management have made clear that federal workers’ same-sex spouses are now eligible for benefits, there are still federal employees who cannot access marriage and thus continue to be denied critical health, retirement and other benefits for their families.
Military Same-Sex Spouses Eligible for Benefits Today
Today the same-sex spouses of military service members become eligible to receive a range of federal benefits, thanks to a Department of Defense policy change that was announced last month implementing the U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).