Alert: Same sex-spouses now covered under FMLA in all states

By Tim Gould

HR pros should review their firms’ FMLA policies — as well as any other related materials — ASAP.  
That’s because the DOL just updated the definition of “spouse” for FMLA purposes to reflect the Supreme Court’s ruling in United States. v. Windsor.
As HR pros likely know extremely well at this point, the High Court’s ruling essentially struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that limited the definition of marriage for federal purposes as an institution between members of the opposite sex.
Since that ruling, a majority of states have passed legislation of their own to legalize same-sex marriage.

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