The legal term for two or more people living together in a romantic/sexual relationship without marriage or civil partnership is cohabitation, and the people involved are cohabitants. The Scots word for a cohabitant is bidie-in, and we've used that by preference.

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Employment 11/07/2005


Employee benefits for civil partners are the same as for married couples.

If your employer offers any benefits to spouses of married employees, the same benefits must be offered to civil partners. Same-sex cohabitants must also be offered the same benefits as offered to mixed-sex cohabitants. If your employer doesn’t do this, you should speak to your trade union or to ACAS: www.acas.gov.uk.

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