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Equal is as equal does
August 6th, 2010 Posted in Policy and PoliticsHere’s an interesting little wrinkle for companies: new Labor Department regulatory interpretations indicate that a same-sex couple working for the same employer can take more time to watch over a sick child in its care, under the provisions of the Family Medical Leave Act, than can a husband and wife in the same situation.
To heck with parity, let’s just do for the whole hog, shall we?





Hmmm…we could just allow them to get married and then all the rules would be the same. Nah, that would be too easy and make way too much sense.