Same-sex couples covered by FMLA

Same-sex couples covered by FMLA

Source: NYMUNIBLOG

The NYMUNIBLOG Editorial Team reports that the U.S. Department of Labor has expanded FMLA leave to cover same-sex couples.

The team reports that “When the United States v. Windsor decision—finding a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional—was handed down by the Supreme Court of the United States earlier this summer, a Harris Beach Legal Alert noted that the ruling would extend various federal benefits to same-sex married couples in states that allow gay marriage. Specifically with regard to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), we surmised that a person with a same-sex spouse will be entitled to FMLA leave if all other conditions are met.” 

The full text of the posting is at http://www.harrisbeach.com/media-news/9742

The Supreme Court decision in United States v Windsor is posted on the Internet at:

http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-307_6j37.pdf

As NYPPL noted on August 29, 2013, the Washington Post reported that the Internal Revenue Service announced that it will treat same-sex marriages the same as it does heterosexual ones. The text of the Post's report is on the Internet at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2013/08/29/irs-to-treat-same-sex-marriages-equally-for-tax-purposes/

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