{"id":9190,"date":"2014-06-20T12:19:58","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T12:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=9190"},"modified":"2014-06-20T12:25:12","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T12:25:12","slug":"obama-to-extend-family-and-medical-leave-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2014\/06\/obama-to-extend-family-and-medical-leave-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama to extend Family and Medical Leave Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) {   var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];   if (d.getElementById(id)) return;   js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;   js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";   fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Obama is directing the Department of Labor to propose a rule which allows legally married couples the benefits of the Family and Medical Leave Act in all 50 states &#8211; even where gay unions are not legal.  The FMLA allows employees to take unpaid, job-protected leave for family and medical purposes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/obama62014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/obama62014.jpg\" alt=\"obama62014\" width=\"3318\" height=\"2154\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/obama62014.jpg 3318w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/obama62014-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/obama62014-1024x664.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3318px) 100vw, 3318px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The rule is being issued as Attorney General Eric Holder announces the results of a review of U.S. laws in the wake of the landmark 2013 Supreme Court Windsor decision that held that the survivor of a same-sex couple could claim the federal estate tax exemption for surviving spouses.<\/p>\n<p>The decision forced the federal government to recognize same-sex marriages in states where it is legal and has paved the way for the Obama administration to take steps to expand the legal rights of gay couples.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/06\/20\/obama-family-same-sex_n_5513702.html\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n<p><P><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-comments\" data-href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=9181\" data-num-posts=\"10\" data-width=\"700\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Obama is directing the Department of Labor to propose a rule which allows legally married couples the benefits of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[1027,13072,1144],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - 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