Same-sex marriage ruling could end domestic partner benefits, launch new workplace discrimination fights

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage could spark some employers to rethink domestic partner benefits for unmarried couples and propel LGBT groups to make new pushes for workplace and employment discrimination protections. Nonnie Shivers, an employment law expert and attorney with the law office Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC, said Friday’s ruling compels employers to make sure their leave and other policies apply equally to same-sex and heterosexual couples. That…