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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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Boynton Beach to Consider Domestic Partnership Benefits

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

Boynton Beach, Florida (GayWebSource.com) At the request of the Palm Beach County Human Rights Council, the Boynton Beach City Commission will soon address offering employees with domestic partners or same-sex spouses the same family benefits currently offered to municipal employees whose marriages are recognized by the state of Florida.
For more than two decades, the Palm Beach County Human Rights Council has been successful in… Read the rest

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Boynton Beach to Consider Domestic Partnership Benefits

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

Boynton Beach, Florida (GayWebSource.com) At the request of the Palm Beach County Human Rights Council, the Boynton Beach City Commission will soon address offering employees with domestic partners or same-sex spouses the same family benefits currently offered to municipal employees whose marriages are recognized by the state of Florida.
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Boynton Beach to Consider Domestic Partnership Benefits

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

Boynton Beach, Florida (GayWebSource.com) At the request of the Palm Beach County Human Rights Council, the Boynton Beach City Commission will soon address offering employees with domestic partners or same-sex spouses the same family benefits currently offered to municipal employees whose marriages are recognized by the state of Florida.
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Boynton Beach to Consider Domestic Partnership Benefits

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

Boynton Beach, Florida (GayWebSource.com) At the request of the Palm Beach County Human Rights Council, the Boynton Beach City Commission will soon address offering employees with domestic partners or same-sex spouses the same family benefits currently offered to municipal employees whose marriages are recognized by the state of Florida.
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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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Boca Raton Finally Implements LGBT-Incusive Policies

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(Boca Raton, Florida – GayWebSource.com) — At this evening’s meeting, the Boca Raton City Council voted 4-1 to extend the full range of domestic partnership benefits to its municipal employees. The benefits include health, dental and vision insurance, continuation of insurance coverage (identical to coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, or COBRA), funeral leave, domestic violence leave, family sick leave and domestic partner… 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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Palm Beach Town Council Moves Forward on Domestic Partnership Benefits

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(GayWebSource.com- Palm Beach, Florida) –At a special meeting this morning on budget issues, the Palm Beach Town Council set August 13 as the date to make a final decision on whether to offer domestic partnership benefits to employees with same-sex spouses or partners.

The Willis Team, an insurance consultant hired by the town to study domestic partnership benefits, had recommended offering the benefits to eligible… Read the rest

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