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US v Windsor Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Leave of Absence

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Department of Labor: Married Same-Sex Couples Have FMLA Rights Regardless of State of Residence

The U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") recently announced its Final Rule changing the definition of "spouse" in the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") to include most same-sex married couples. The Final Rule becomes...more

Baker Donelson

DOL Proposes Rulemaking to Amend Definition of "Spouse" for FMLA

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In 2013, the United States Supreme Court held, in U.S. v. Windsor, that the Defense of Marriage Act's limitation of "marriage" and "spouse" to heterosexual couples was unconstitutional. Thereafter, President Obama instructed...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

DOL Proposes to Extend FMLA Definitions of Spouse to All Same-Sex Marriages

Last Friday, the Department of Labor announced a series of changes to federal regulations intended to expand federal benefits to same-sex spouses. Among the changes are proposed revisions to the definition of “spouse” under...more

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