Nontraditional Parents Entitled To FMLA Leave: DOL

By Jocelyn Allison (June 23, 2010, 6:19 PM EDT) -- In a victory for same-sex couples, the U.S. Department of Labor has issued an opinion stating that any employee who assumes a child-caring role is entitled to parental rights to family leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act regardless of his or her legal or biological relationship to the child....

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