spouse benefits
Marital coverage extras
Spouse benefits are advantages extended to the married partner of an employee or member—health insurance, pension survivor payments, gym memberships, travel discounts.
The term gained prominence in debates over same-sex marriage, where spouse benefits became shorthand for the legal and financial stakes of marriage recognition: The company extended spouse benefits to same-sex partners before the law required it.
- health insuranceProtection against medical costs
- health planOrganized healthcare financing scheme
- retirementLeaving the workforce permanently
- pensionRetiree's ongoing benefit
- partnerOne who shares activity
marriage · coverage · dependent · 401k · dental · vision · survivor · widow · employee · enrollment · family · joint · next of kin · Social Security · joint filing · medical · married · life insurance
- veteran benefitsVA loans, GI Bill, VA mortgage, disability compensation, veteran healthcare
- GI BillGI Bill, tuition assistance, housing allowance, monthly stipend, entitlement
- faculty perkssabbatical, tenure, research funding, grants, teaching assistants
- political perkssalary, base salary, per diem, allowances, expense account
- women's benefitsmaternity leave, childcare support, prenatal care, postnatal care, women workers