Insurance benefits have traditionally been offered to employees and their immediate families. Today ’ s employees, however, often define family in a much different manner than did previous generations of workers. The increase in openness of same - sex living arrangements has resulted in more employees seeking insurance benefits for their domestic (live - in) partners, regardless of their marriage status or their partner ’ s gender. Some companies now offer insurance benefits to domestic partners, but others do not. Do you think companies should offer benefits to domestic partners? Why or not?