Workplace Information for LGBT Staff and Faculty
If you're LGBT staff or faculty at UVM, the following information about Human Resources and workplace issues may be of help. (For general information about HR and benefits, see their website).
Partner Benefits - Taxable Income - Health - Discrimination
Partner Benefits
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UVM offers partner benefits, including health insurance and life insurance,
to all regular employees with half-time appointments or more who are either
married or have a civil union. Currently Vermont’s civil union law applies
specifically to same sex couples, and of course marriage laws in the U.S, with
the exception of Massachusetts, apply only to opposite sex couples. If you are
in a situation that makes the criteria of marriage or civil union difficult
to meet, UVM will on a case-by-case basis waive the need for either and use
the standard of domestic partnership to determine eligibility for partner benefits.
For details, contact LGBTQA Services.
Taxable Income
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Because civil unions and domestic partnerships are not legally recognized
by the federal government, any partner benefits you receive through a civil
union will be considered federal taxable income.
Diversity Health Project
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DHP is a collaborative project, organized by volunteers, health care consumers and providers and social service professionals who are working to increase LGBTQ Vermonter’s access to quality health care. For more information follow this link.
Trouble at your workplace
due to homophobia or transphobia?
Facing issues related to coming out or gender transition at your job?
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LGBTQA Services can provide support and advocacy. We can also help educate and train co-workers and supervisors around LGBT issues. The Office of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity is another important resource when dealing with homophobic or transphobic discrimination or harassment on the job
UVM, in its “Our
Common Ground,” states, “As a just community, we unite against
all forms of injustice, including, but not limited to, racism. We reject bigotry,
oppression, degradation, and harassment, and we challenge injustice toward any
member of our community.”
Additionally, sexual orientation is one of the protected classes in UVM’s
non-discrimination
policy, and a group of people are currently working to add gender identity
and gender expression to the policy. For more details, see our
non-discrimination
policy page. All of this means that employment discrimination at UVM is
unacceptable.
Last modified September 11 2008 02:56 PM
