With two small kids, my husband and I work hard to treat them both equally. Equal amounts of hugs, attention, toys, apple juice — you name it. It’s a constant battle that frankly, we never seem to win. But we keep trying, knowing it’s the right thing to do.
You may feel similarly about providing benefits for married employees and employees with domestic partners. Although a good number of employers now offer domestic partner benefits (more than half of the Fortune 500, and even more than one quarter of small employers, stats show), a smaller slice provide tax equity to domestic partners regarding those benefits.
