Sec. 2. Leave to care for a domestic partner, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, parent-in-law, adult child, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of the employee, or another related individual
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Section 101 of such Act is further amended by adding at the end the following: The term ‘any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association is the equivalent of a family relationship’, used with respect to an employee, 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. The term domestic partner , used with respect to an employee, means— the person recognized as the domestic partner of the employee under any domestic partnership or civil union law of a 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 as described in subparagraph
(A)to or in such a relationship with 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 terms nephew and niece , used with respect to an employee, mean a son or daughter of the employee's sibling. 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 (other than the employee). The terms son-in-law and daughter-in-law , used with respect to an employee, mean any person who is a spouse or domestic partner of a son or daughter, as the case may be, of the employee. The terms uncle and aunt , used with respect to an employee, mean the son or daughter, as the case may be, of the employee's grandparent (other than the employee's parent). . 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)— in paragraph (1)— in subparagraph (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 or daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of the employee, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association is the equivalent of a family relationship with the employee, if such spouse, domestic partner, son or daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece, or such other individual ; and in subparagraph (E), by striking spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent of the employee and inserting spouse or domestic partner, or a son or daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of the employee, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association is the equivalent of a family relationship with the employee ; and in paragraph (3), by striking spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of a covered servicemember and inserting spouse or domestic partner, son or daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, sibling, uncle or aunt, nephew or niece, or next of kin of a covered servicemember, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association is the equivalent of a family relationship with the covered servicemember ; in subsection (e)— in paragraph (2)(A), by striking son, daughter, spouse, parent, or covered servicemember of the employee, as appropriate and inserting son or daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, nephew or niece, or covered servicemember of the employee, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association is the equivalent of a family relationship with the employee, as appropriate ; and in paragraph (3), by striking spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent, of the employee and inserting spouse or domestic partner, or a son or daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of the employee, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association is the equivalent of a family relationship with the employee, as appropriate, ; and in subsection (f)— in paragraph (1)— 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 ; and in paragraph (2), by inserting , or those domestic partners, after husband and wife each place it appears. Section 103 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ( 29 U.S.C. 2613 ) is amended— in subsection (a), by striking son, daughter, 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 son or daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of the employee, or the next of kin of an individual, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association is the equivalent of a family relationship with the employee, as appropriate ; and in subsection (b)— in paragraph (4)(A), by striking son, daughter, 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 son or daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of the employee, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association is the equivalent of a family relationship with the employee, as appropriate, and an estimate of the amount of time that such employee is needed to care for such son or daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece, or such other individual ; and in paragraph (7), by striking son, daughter, parent, or spouse who has a serious health condition, or will assist in their recovery, and inserting son or daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece, with a serious health condition, of the employee, or an individual, with a serious health condition, who is any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association is the equivalent of a family relationship with the employee, as appropriate, or will assist in the recovery, . 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 son, daughter, spouse, or parent of the employee, as appropriate, and inserting son or daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of the employee, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association is the equivalent of a family relationship with the employee, as appropriate, ; and in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking son, daughter, spouse, or parent and inserting employee's son or daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece, or (with relation to the employee) any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association is the equivalent of a family relationship, as appropriate, .
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Leave to care for a domestic partner, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, parent-in-law, adult child, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of the employee, or another related individual
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