| About 80 of the Fortune 500 companies have
adopted benefits programs for domestic partners. Fifty-four of those companies have plans
that are open to same-sex couples but not unmarried heterosexual couples. The following
companies have same-sex only programs.
Aetna Life & Casualty,
Hartford, Conn. Offered as of 1997.
American Airlines. Offered as of 2000. Total
employees: 107,000.
American Express Co. Offered as of 1997.
Apple Computers, Cupertino, Calif. Offered as of 1993.
42 (0.9%) of 4,700 employees enrolled as of 1997.
AT&T. Offered as of 1999 to same-sex partners per
union contracts with Communications Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers (IBEW).
Bankers Trust Corp., New York, N.Y. Offered as of
1998.
Barnes & Noble, New York, N.Y. Offered as of 1995.
Bell Atlantic, New York, N.Y. Offered as of 1998.
Charles Schwab & Co., San Francisco, Calif.
Offered as of 1993.
Chrysler Motors, Detroit, MI.
Offered in 2000.
Chubb Life Insurance Co., Warren, N.J. Offered as of
1996.
Electronic Data Systems Corp., Plano, Tex. Offered as
of 1998.
Estee Lauder Companies, New York, N.Y. Offered as of
1998.
Federated Dept. Stores, Cincinnati, Ohio. Offered as
of 1998 in some locations.
Ford Motor Company, Detroit, MI.
Offered in 2000.
Freddie Mac, MacLean, Va. Offered as of 1998.
Gap, Inc., San Francisco, Calif. Offered as of 1994.
General Mills, Minneapolis, Minn. Offered as of 2000.
General Motors Corp., Detroit, MI.
Offered in 2000.
Harcourt General, Boston, Mass. Offered as of 1998.
Hartford Financial Services Co., Hartford, Conn.
Offered as of 1997.
Intel Corp., Santa Clara, Calif. Offered as of 1997.
International Business Machines (IBM), Armonk, N.Y.
Offered as of 1997; 1% of 110,000 employees enrolled as of 1997.
ITT Industries, New York, N.Y. Offered as of 1998.
J.P. Morgan & Co., New York, N.Y. Offered as of
1998.
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance, Boston, Mass.
Offered as of 1998.
Knight-Ridder (see Media Companies).
(The) Limited, Columbus, Ohio. Offered as of 1999.
Lincoln National, Fort Wayne, Ind. Offered as of 1997.
Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, N.J. Offered as of
1997.
Marriott International, Bethesda, Md. Offered as of
1999.
McGraw-Hill (see Media Companies).
Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Wash. Offered as of 1993;
< 1% of 14,000 employees enrolled as of 1997.
Monsanto Co., St. Louis, Mo. Offered as of 1997.
NCR Corp., Dayton, Ohio. Date unknown.
New York Times (see Media Companies).
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, Ore. Date unknown.
Oracle Systems Corp., Redwood City, Calif. Offered as
of 1993.
PacifiCare Health Systems, Santa Ana, Calif. Date
unknown.
Pacificorp, Portland, Ore. Offered as of 1998.
Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, Iowa. Date
unknown.
QualComm, San Diego, Calif. Offered as of 1998.
Reebok International, Stoughton, Mass. Date unknown.
Safeco, Seattle, Wash. Offered as of 1999.
SBC Communications, San Antonio, Tex. Offered as of
1998 in Communications
Silicon Graphics, Mountain View, Calif. Offered as of
1992.
Tech Data Corp., Clearwater, Fla. Offered as of 1998.
Time-Warner (see Media Companies).
Times-Mirror (see Media Companies).
Unisys, Blue Bell, Penn. Offered as of 1999.
United Airlines. Offered as of 2000 to same-sex
partners; all eligible for non-economic benefits such as bereavement leave. Total
employees: 97,000.
U.S. Airways Group, Arlington, Va. Announced in 1999
intent to offer DP benefits.
U.S. West, St. Paul, Minn. Offered as of 1998.
Viacom, New York, N.Y. Offered as of 1993; 18 (0.4%)
of 5,000 employees enrolled as of 1997 (includes MTV, Showtime, Nickelodeon, etc.)
Walt Disney, Burbank, Calif. Offered as of 1996.
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