Notice of Civil Union Rights

06/24/2011

Effective June 1, 2011, the Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act (the “Civil Union Law”) provides that both same-sex and different sex couples who enter into a civil union will have all of the obligations, protections and legal rights that are afforded under Illinois law to married heterosexual couples. The purpose of the notice is to explain what these rights are and how they apply to benefits offered by the employer in a series of questions and answers.

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