SUPREME COURT RULING FORCES EMPLOYERS TO RECONSIDER BENEFITS FOR SAME-SEX COUPLES

By: John E. Murray and Samantha J. Wood

In June 2013, the United States Supreme Court invalidated the federal law defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. That decision complicates the administration of FMLA leave for multi-state employers and employers in states (like Wisconsin) which have not recognized same-sex marriages. For more information on the impact of this decision, please read the article by Attorneys John E. Murray and Samantha J Wood at: http://www.biztimes.com/article/20131014/MAGAZINE03/310109977/-1/MAGAZINE/Supreme-Court-ruling-forces-employers–to-reconsider-benefits-for-same-sex-couples

If you have questions about this material, please contact John E. Murray or Samantha J. Wood by email at jmurray@lindner-marsack.com or swood@lindner-marsack.com, or any other attorney you have been working with here at Lindner & Marsack, S.C.

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