At the heart of the debate about labels is a conflict about whether a marriage between same-sex partners is the same as or different to a marriage between opposite-sex partners. Proponents of legalising same-sex marriage argue that the sex of the partners in a marriage is irrelevant to the nature of the union.
If an employee is on FMLA, can they use say 20 hours of vacation, annual or sick leave per pay period to simply cover the costs of their benefits if they are considered a full time employee who typically works 80 hours per pay period.
Employers may also adopt policies that either allow or require employees to use comp time before they use accrued paid sick or vacation leave. Similarly, either employer or employee may require that accrued comp time run concurrently with FMLA leave, turning unpaid leave into paid leave. Finally, employers can set limits lower than 240 or 480 hours on the amount of comp time employees may accrue.