domestic partner benefits
Unmarried couple perks
Domestic partner benefits are employment benefits extended to an employee's unmarried partner, typically covering health insurance, family leave, and other provisions normally reserved for legal spouses.
The term emerged as companies began recognizing same-sex relationships before marriage equality, though domestic partner status applies to unmarried couples generally: The company offers domestic partner benefits to both same-sex and opposite-sex couples.
- health insuranceProtection against medical costs
- civil unionLegal spousal alternative
- significant otherRomantic life partner
- same-sexInvolving identical genders
- spousalOf a marriage partner
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