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INTERNET giant Google has announced it is now paying its gay and lesbian staff more than its heterosexual employees in the US.
The search engine is compensating same-sex partners for the higher taxes they pay on domestic partners health benefits.
The company said in its blog today that it would be grossing-up imputed taxes on health insurance benefits for all same-sex domestic partners in the US.
Same-sex couples who include domestic partners on their health insurance pay federal taxes. Married couples do not have to pay taxes on spousal health benefits.
Google is not offering any extra pay to heterosexual domestic partners, because the company said heterosexual employees have the option of avoiding the tax by getting married.
Daryl Herrschaft, director of the Workplace Project at Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights advocacy group, said Google's policy was a step in the right direction.
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The search engine is compensating same-sex partners for the higher taxes they pay on domestic partners health benefits.
The company said in its blog today that it would be grossing-up imputed taxes on health insurance benefits for all same-sex domestic partners in the US.
Same-sex couples who include domestic partners on their health insurance pay federal taxes. Married couples do not have to pay taxes on spousal health benefits.
Google is not offering any extra pay to heterosexual domestic partners, because the company said heterosexual employees have the option of avoiding the tax by getting married.
Daryl Herrschaft, director of the Workplace Project at Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights advocacy group, said Google's policy was a step in the right direction.
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http://anonym.to/?http://www.news.com.au/business/business-smarts/google-pays-us-gay-and-lesbian-staff-more-than-heterosexual-employees/story-e6frfm9r-1225887232634