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Equal is as equal does

August 6th, 2010 Posted in Policy and Politics

Here’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?

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