Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act

To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United States Code, to permit leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandchild, or grandparent who has a serious health condition, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act 2. Leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent (a) Definitions (1) Inclusion of grandparents, grandchildren, parents-in-law, siblings, and domestic partners Section 101 of such Act is further amended by adding at the end the following: (20) Domestic partner The term domestic partner (A) 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 where the employee resides, or who is lawfully married to the employee under the laws of the State where the employee resides; or (B) in the case of an unmarried employee who lives in a State where a person cannot marry a person of the same sex under the laws of the State, an unmarried adult person of the same sex as the employee 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. (21) Grandchild The term grandchild (22) Grandparent The term grandparent (23) Parent-in-law The term parent-in-law (24) Sibling The term sibling (25) Son-in-law and daughter-in-law The terms son-in-law daughter-in-law . (2) Inclusion of adult children and children of a domestic partner Section 101(12) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2611(12)) is amended— (A) by inserting a child of an individual’s domestic partner, a legal ward, (B) by striking who is— and includes an adult child (b) Leave Requirement Section 102 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ( 29 U.S.C. 2612 (1) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by striking spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent of the employee, if such spouse, son, daughter, or parent spouse or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling, of the employee if such spouse, domestic partner, son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling (2) in subsection (a)(1)(E), by striking spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent spouse or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, or sibling (3) in subsection (a)(3), by striking spouse, son, daughter, parent, spouse or domestic partner, son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, or sibling, (4) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking spouse, parent, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, (5) in subsection (e)(3), by striking spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent, spouse or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, or sibling, (6) in subsection (f)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting or domestic partners husband and wife (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting or parent-in-law parent (c) Certification Section 103 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ( 29 U.S.C. 2613 (1) in subsection (a), by striking spouse, or parent spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling (2) 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 spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling 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, or sibling (3) in subsection (b)(7), by striking parent, or spouse spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, or sibling (d) Employment and Benefits Protection Section 104(c)(3) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ( 29 U.S.C. 2614(c)(3) (1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking spouse, or parent spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, or sibling (2) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking spouse, or parent spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, or sibling 3. Federal employees (a) Definitions (1) Inclusion of grandparents, parents-in-law, siblings, and domestic partners Section 6381 (A) in paragraph (11) by striking ; and (B) in paragraph (12), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (13) the term domestic partner (A) 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 where the employee resides, or who is lawfully married to the employee under the laws of the State where the employee resides; or (B) in the case of an unmarried employee who lives in a State where a person cannot marry a person of the same sex under the laws of the State, an unmarried adult person of the same sex as the employee 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 employing agency by such employee as that employee’s domestic partner; (14) the term parent-in-law (15) the term grandchild (16) the term grandparent (17) the term sibling (18) the terms son-in-law and daughter-in-law . (2) Inclusion of adult children and children of a domestic partner Section 6381(6) of such title is amended— (A) by inserting a child of an individual’s domestic partner, a legal ward, (B) by striking who is— and includes an adult child (b) Leave Requirement Section 6382 (1) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by striking spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent of the employee, if such spouse, son, daughter, or parent spouse or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling, of the employee if such spouse, domestic partner, son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling (2) in subsection (a)(1)(E), by striking spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent spouse or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, or sibling (3) in subsection (a)(3), by striking spouse, son, daughter, parent, spouse or domestic partner, son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, sibling, (4) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking spouse, parent, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, (5) in subsection (e)(3), by striking spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent, spouse or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, or sibling, (c) Certification Section 6383 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking spouse, or parent spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling (2) 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 such son, daughter, spouse, or parent spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling 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, grandchild, or sibling

Summary: Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide for employee leave to care for a domestic partner or his or her child, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law (as well as for a spouse, child, or parent), if such person has a serious health condition. Amends federal civil service law to apply the same leave allowance to federal employees.