What happens when you...
enroll a same-sex domestic partner in our benefits plan?
Steps you need to take:
- Contact the Benefits Manager at x2215.
- With your
partner, execute an Affidavit of Domestic Partnership.
- Make the appropriate changes to your benefits.
Eligibility and Benefit Description (Link to Administrative Handbook, Dean
of College and Union Contract)
The College offers certain benefits
to domestic partners as well as to spouses. Domestic partners must be of the
same sex as the employee and at least
18 years of age. The partner must have shared a common residence with the employee for a period of at least twelve
consecutive months and intend to reside indefinitely with the employee. The partner and the employee may not be
married to anyone, and they must share a mutually exclusive, enduring
relationship. The partner and the
employee must consider themselves life partners, share
joint responsibility for their common welfare, and be financially
interdependent.
Other Things To Consider:
Your coverage under the following
benefits programs may be affected:
Note: This summary is designed to acquaint you with
some of the features of the Wellesley
College benefit plans and
every attempt has been made to summarize these plans and policies
accurately. However, this summary is not
designed to serve as your sole reference for the details of these
benefits. There is additional information
for administrative staff available in the Administrative Handbook, for faculty
in the Faculty Handbook on the Dean of the College website and for union
employees in their collective bargaining
agreement, as well as in the Human Resources Office. This summary does not constitute a contract
for any benefit; Wellesley
College reserves the
right to modify or terminate any of its benefit plans.