Sec. 3. Leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, or other individual related by blood or affinity
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Section 101 of such Act is further amended by adding at the end the following: The term domestic partner means— the person recognized as the domestic partner of the employee under any domestic partner registry or civil union laws of the State or political subdivision of a State; or in the case of an unmarried employee, an unmarried adult person who is in a committed, personal relationship with the employee, is not a domestic partner to any other person, and who is designated to the employer by such employee as that employee’s domestic partner.
The term grandchild means the son or daughter of an employee’s son or daughter. The term grandparent means a parent of a parent of an employee. The term parent-in-law means a parent of the spouse or domestic partner of an employee. The term sibling means any person who is a son or daughter of an employee’s parent. The terms son-in-law and daughter-in-law , used with respect to an employee, means any person who is a spouse or domestic partner of a son or daughter of the employee.
The term aunt or uncle of the employee , means the sister or brother of an employee’s parent. The term any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association is the equivalent of a family relationship means any person with whom the employee has a significant personal bond that is or is like a family relationship, regardless of biological or legal relationship. . Section 101(12) of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 2611(12) ) is amended— by inserting a child of an individual’s domestic partner, after a legal ward, ; and by striking who is— and all that follows and inserting and includes an adult child .
Section 102 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ( 29 U.S.C. 2612 ) is amended— in subsection (a)(1)(C), by striking spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent of the employee, if such spouse, son, daughter, or parent and inserting spouse or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, aunt, or uncle of the employee, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship, if such spouse, domestic partner, son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or such other individual ; in subsection (a)(1)(E), by striking spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent of the employee and inserting spouse or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, sibling, aunt, or uncle of the employee, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship ; in subsection (a)(3), by striking spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of a covered service member and inserting spouse or domestic partner, son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, sibling, aunt, or uncle, or next of kin of a covered service member, or any other individual related by blood or affinity to a covered service member who close association with such service member is the equivalent of a family relationship ; in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking spouse, parent, or covered service member of the employee and inserting spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, aunt, or uncle, or covered service member of the employee, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship ; in subsection (e)(3), by striking spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent, of the employee and inserting spouse or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, sibling, aunt, or uncle of the employee, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship ; and in subsection (f)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting or domestic partners after husband and wife ; and in subparagraph (B), by inserting or parent-in-law after parent .
Section 103 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ( 29 U.S.C. 2613 ) is amended— in subsection (a), by striking spouse, or parent of the employee, or of the next of kin of an individual in the case of leave taken under such paragraph (3), as appropriate and inserting spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, aunt, or uncle of the employee, or of the next of kin of an individual in the case of leave taken under such paragraph (3), as appropriate, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship ; in subsection (b)(4)(A), by striking spouse, or parent and an estimate of the amount of time that such employee is needed to care for the son, daughter, spouse, or parent and inserting spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, aunt, or uncle of the employee, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship and an estimate of the amount of time that such employee is needed to care for such son, daughter, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, sibling, aunt, or uncle, or such other individual ; and in subsection (b)(7), by striking parent, or spouse and inserting spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, aunt, or uncle of the employee, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship .
Section 104(c)(3) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ( 29 U.S.C. 2614(c)(3) ) is amended— in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking spouse, or parent and inserting spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, aunt, or uncle, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship ; and in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking spouse, or parent and inserting spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, aunt, or uncle of the employee, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship .
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Leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, or other individual related by blood or affinity
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