Exxon Extends Benefits to Same-Sex Spouses of U.S. Employees
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Exxon Mobil Corp. will extend benefits to same-sex spouses of U.S. employees after federal government agencies altered the definition of marriage, marking the conversion of one of the last major corporate holdouts on the issue.
Exxon’s decision follows a June ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act, spurring changes by the Internal Revenue Service and other agencies on what constitutes legal marriages, Alan Jeffers, a spokesman for the Irving, Texas-based company, said in a phone interview yesterday.