Employers! You no longer need to hold your breath hoping you are “doing it right” regarding same sex marriage equality laws. On October 23rd, 2015, the question of how employers and other entities must handle the definition of marriage for IRS tax purposes was answered in the new IRS proposed rule regarding implementation of the […]
Tag: Same Sex Marriage
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled ruled that there is a constitutional right to same sex marriage under the 14th Amendment, striking down state-level bans on the practice. In a 5-4 decision, the court majority ruled that the equal protections granted by the 14th Amendment extend to the right to marry regardless of whether a […]
US Labor Department updates Family and Medical Leave Act’s definition of spouse Effective March 27, 2015, workers in legal, same-sex marriages, regardless of the state in which they live, will now have the same rights as those in opposite-sex marriages to federal job-protected leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to care for a spouse with […]