Executive Summary: Effective March 27, 2015, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is revised to define a “spouse” to include married, same-sex partners regardless of the state in which they reside. This change gives same-sex couples the same FMLA rights and protections as heterosexual couples.
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