Subject: QUALCOMM Announces DP Benefits<br>
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 16:40:15 -0800

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This was announced today to all employees.</p>

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QUALCOMM maintains an outstanding package of
employee benefits.  Based on recent competitive
surveys we have decided to further expand our U.S.
benefits package by adding vision coverage to our
health care plan and by extending benefits to same
sex domestic partners.</p>

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[explanation of vision care deleted]</p>

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Benefits will be extended to same sex domestic
partners effective January 1, 1997 and will be
identical to those benefits currently provided to
legal dependents of married employees. QUALCOMM's
decision to adopt benefits for same sex domestic
partners was based on two factors.  First, the new
offering is consistent with QUALCOMM's long
standing non-discrimination policy.  (In 1994
QUALCOMM formally added sexual orientation to our
EEO policy.)  The second reason for the decision
was competition. Increasingly, high technology
companies have adopted benefits for same sex
domestic partners.  Such companies include Intel,
Microsoft, NYNEX, Oracle, and IBM. Unmarried
opposite sex domestic partners will not be eligible
for benefits because of their option to marry.  For
more information and enrollment, please call
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