Group does "employment contracted" business and provides "staff employees" to work these contracts. Group doesn't currently offer coverage to domestic partners and has decided to wait until January 2006 to open plans up to dp's.

Group is bidding on a contract with a municipality that requires any businesses under contract to offer benefits to domestic partners.

What are your thoughts on this group only opening up domestic partner coverage to those staff employees working on this municipality contract. Group would not extend dp offering to all others until January 1, 2006 as originally planned.

Thoughts, feedback?

What does the contract with the govt require? Most govt contracts requrie that all of vendor's employees must be eligible for DP coverage not just those who work on the govt contract.

Based on the local involved, I have seen where the company establishes a subsidairy to limit DP benefits to only employees of the subsidiary.