COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio State University is considering whether to require employees and their same-sex partners to be married for partners to receive benefits starting in 2019.
The Columbus Dispatch reports (https://bit.ly/2qJtPHe ) the proposed change would affect about 100 employees and their dependents currently enrolled in university benefit plans. Ohio State has more than 42,000 employees statewide.
The change is prompted by a 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage. The university began offering benefits to same-sex partners in 2004, but has never offered them to unmarried opposite-sex partners. An Ohio State spokesman says the change will make the university’s benefit policy consistent.
A spokesman for the LGBTQ advocacy group Equality Ohio says the change is not unexpected.
Ohio State trustees are expected to consider the change on Friday.
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Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, https://www.dispatch.com
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