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Federal Job-protected Family and Medical Leave Rights Extended to Eligible Workers in Same-sex Marriages

US Labor Dept. updates Family and Medical Leave Act’s definition of spouse

WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)—February 23, 2015. Workers in legal, same-sex marriages, regardless of where they live, will now have the same rights as those in opposite-sex marriages to federal job-protected leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act to care for a spouse with a serious health condition. The U.S. Labor Department announced a rule change to the FMLA today in keeping with the U.S.…

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