Exxon Mobile is opening its views and offering employee benefits to legally married same sex couples starting October 1st, hit the jump for more detail!
The Exxon Mobile company says that they will be determining the eligibility of the company’s 77,000 employees, when it comes to health care packages and will recognize all “legally married”. If a same sex couple was married in a state that allows them to do so legally, the Exxon employee is eligible for health packages within the company starting next year!
HuffPost reports: “Exxon Mobil Corp., which is facing a same-sex discrimination lawsuit in Illinois, said Friday it was following the lead of the U.S. government. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, which allowed states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages granted in other states. And in recent months, federal agencies have begun to offer benefits to legally-married same sex couples”
“We haven’t changed our eligibility criteria. It has always been to follow the federal definition and it will continue to follow the federal definition,” said Exxon spokesman Alan Jeffers in an interview”
