Contact Name: Jason Surbey or Tania Mejia
Phone Number: (202) 693-4668 or x4686
Email: Surbey.Jason@dol.gov or Mejia.Tania@dol.gov
Release Number: 15-0285-NAT
US Labor Dept. updates Family and Medical Leave Act’s definition of spouse
WASHINGTON — 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. Supreme Court ruling in United States v. Windsor. That ruling struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act provision that interpreted "marriage" and "spouse" to be limited to opposite-sex marriage for the purposes of federal law.
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