Page 60 - NWF November Updates

Domestic Partner Relationship Policy

The National Wildlife Federation's Equal Employment Opportunity Statement prohibits
employment discrimination based on non-job-related factors such as race, religion, creed,
national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity

(including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender individual), age, physical or
mental disability, citizenship, genetic information, past, current or prospective service in the
uniformed services, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or
local law. It is the goal of NWF to broaden our Employee Benefits Program to achieve fairness
through recognition of diversity by inclusion of domestic partner relationships. The inclusion
of Domestic Partner (DP) benefits for employee partners of the same or opposite sex,

recognizes a diversity of relationships including those that are not formally acknowledged
through marriage. NWF’s Domestic Partner Policy does not supersede any applicable state or
local law which provides greater benefits to domestic partners.

All active benefit-eligible Regular employees who work at least twenty (20) hours per week are
eligible for benefits under the NWF Domestic Partner Relationship Policy. Regular part-time
employees scheduled to work less than 20 hours per week, Interns, Temporary and On-Call

employees are not eligible for benefits under this policy.

Benefit-eligible employees may apply for domestic partner benefits under the following NWF
plans, programs, and policies:

• Group Medical and Dental Benefits [including COBRA eligibility]
• Group Term and Supplemental Life Insurance Benefits

• Disability and Family Benefits specific to the NWF policies
• Wellbeing Leave

• Sick Leave Policy (hired prior to 2020)

• Leave of Absence Policy
• Employee Assistance Program Policy

• Family and Medical Leave Policy
• Bereavement Leave Policy

Employees may complete enrollment for their domestic partner and any legal dependent of the
domestic partner who would otherwise qualify as an eligible dependent in the NWF Group
Medical and or NWF Group Dental Insurance Plan upon employment, during any subsequent
Annual Open Enrollment Period within thirty (30) days of a Change in Family Status provided
such request begins with the execution of the NWF Affidavit of Domestic Partner Relationship.