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Palm Beach County Strengthens Civil Rights Protections

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(GayWebSource.com) (West Palm Beach, Florida) –  At this morning’s meeting, Palm Beach County Commissioners voted unanimously to expand civil rights protections for minorities by amending the definition of “places of public accommodation” in the Palm Beach County Ordinance for Equal Opportunity to Housing and Places of Public Accommodation.

“When I looked at the antidiscrimination ordinances that had been in effect in Palm Beach County over… Read the rest

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West Palm Beach Mayor Jeri Muoio places travel ban on city-funded trips to Mississippi

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(GayWebSource.com – West Palm Beach, Florida) — In the wake of Mississippi’s enactment of HB 1523, West Palm Beach Mayor Jeri Muoio became the first mayor in Florida — and the second in the nation after Seattle Mayor Ed Murray — to place a travel ban on city-funded trips to Mississippi.
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West Palm Beach to Vote on Equal Benefits Ordinance

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West Palm Beach, Florida (GayWebSource.com) — The City of West Palm Beach is poised to become the first public employer in the county to enact an equal benefits ordinance (EBO) requiring contractors to offer equal family benefits to all of their employees.
The ordinance is being considered at the request of the Palm Beach County Human Rights Council, a local non-profit organization which has successfully… Read the rest

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West Palm Beach to Vote on Equal Benefits Ordinance

(GayWebSource.com – Gay News & Press Network) – Posted by Palm Beach County Human Rights Council

West Palm Beach, Florida (GayWebSource.com) — The City of West Palm Beach is poised to become the first public employer in the county to enact an equal benefits ordinance (EBO) requiring contractors to offer equal family benefits to all of their employees.
The ordinance is being considered at the request of the Palm Beach County Human Rights Council, a local non-profit organization which has successfully… Read the rest

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Palm Beach County Clerk Offers Tax Relief for Domestic Partners

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West Palm Beach, Florida (GayWebSource.com) –  Sharon R. Bock, Clerk & Comptroller for Palm Beach County has issued a new policy to provide federal tax relief to employees who cover their domestic partners on through the Clerk’s health insurance plans.
Under the Domestic Partner Tax Equity Policy, Clerk & Comptroller employees with qualified domestic partners who are enrolled in the Clerk’s health, dental or vision… Read the rest

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Florida Atlantic University to Implement Domestic Partnership Benefits

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(Boca Raton, Florida – GayWebSource.com) — Employees of Florida Atlantic University (FAU) shall soon be eligible to participate in a domestic partnership health insurance program, according to the recently ratified collective bargaining agreement between the Board of Trustees of Florida Atlantic University and the FAU Chapter of the United Faculty of Florida (UFF-FAU).

The new three year contract also permits FAU employees to use up… Read the rest

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Boca Raton Moves Forward on Equal Rights and Benefits for LGBT Employees

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(GayWebSource.com – Boca Raton, Florida) — After months of avoiding the issues, this past week the Boca Raton City Council finally directed staff to prepare materials to update city equal opportunity ordinances and policies to include both “sexual orientation” and “gender identity or expression.”  The City Council also directed staff to prepare materials concerning implementing domestic partnership benefits.

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