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ABA
Joint Committee on Employee Benefits
The Sections of Business Law, Health Law, Labor and Employment
Law,
Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, Taxation and Tort Trial
and Insurance Practice
and The American College of Employee Benefits Counsel Present
Same-Sex Marriages and
Domestic Partner Benefits
A 90-minute Teleconference / Audio
Webcast
Wednesday, September 15,
2004
1:00-2:30 pm ET / 12:00-1:30 pm
CT / 11:00 am-12:30 pm MT / 10:00 am-11:30 am PT
This program has
already taken place.
Audiotapes are available for $150.
For ordering information, contact Nancy Matthews at matthewsn@staff.abanet.org
or (202) 662-8640.
Ref. #JCEBT040912SSMA
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
has legalized same-sex marriage. Other jurisdictions have
entered the fray by issuing marriage licenses to same-sex
couples, many of which have been officially invalidated. Several
States and the Federal government have laws prohibiting the
recognition of such marriages, and others are considering
such actions. Meanwhile, more and more employers offer benefits
to their employees' "domestic partners," some limited
to same-sex couples but others available to opposite-sex couples
in committed relationships. This program will explore various
employee benefits issues that arise as a result of these developments.
Topics Include:
- Same-Sex Marriage in Massachusetts—What are the
Rules & What are Employers Doing?
- State and Federal Tax Issues of Massachusetts Same-Sex
Marriages
- Are there Benefits that Cannot Be Provided to Same-Sex
Spouses?
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- Taxation Issues for Domestic Partner Benefits
- Can Employers Give "Spousal" Rights to
Same-Sex Spouses or Domestic Partners
- Future of the Federal Defense of Marriage Act
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Moderator
Roberta Casper Watson, Esq., Trenam, Kemker, Scharf,
Barkin, Frye, O'Neill & Mullis PA, Tampa, FL
Speakers
Alden Bianchi, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky
and Popeo PC, Boston, MA
Andrew Sherman, Senior Vice President, The Segal Company, Boston, MA
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