{"id":39431,"date":"2020-06-26T12:53:57","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T12:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/06\/26\/90000-va-workers-would-get-paid-parental-leave-under-defense-budget-plan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:10:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:10:21","slug":"90000-va-workers-would-get-paid-parental-leave-under-defense-budget-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/veterans\/2020\/06\/26\/90000-va-workers-would-get-paid-parental-leave-under-defense-budget-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"90,000 VA workers would get paid parental leave under defense budget plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Democrats\u2019 massive defense budget policy plan includes hundreds of provisions affecting Defense Department personnel but also one big proposal targeting the Veterans Affairs workforce: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/pay-benefits\/2019\/12\/10\/congress-approves-12-weeks-of-paid-parental-leave-for-feds\/\" target=_blank>paid parental leave<\/a> for all department employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The measure, included in the House Armed Services Committee\u2019s latest draft of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/06\/19\/troops-would-see-3-percent-pay-raise-more-child-care-and-family-support-programs-under-house-plan\/\" target=_blank>annual defense authorization bill <\/a>unveiled Thursday, would extend the Paid Parental Leave benefit awarded to most federal employees last year to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/03\/02\/tens-of-thousands-of-va-workers-left-out-of-family-leave-benefits-could-soon-see-a-fix\/\" target=_blank>all staffers at VA<\/a>, the Federal Aviation Administration, and a few other agencies \u201cinadvertently omitted\u201d from the original policy change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Supporters of the plan blamed their exclusion on technical issues with how certain employees are classified in government statutes. More than 90,000 employees in the VA system alone would be affected by the change.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2019\/12\/17\/congress-approves-12-weeks-of-paid-parental-leave-for-feds\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18353739655840.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">12 weeks of paid parental leave makes it to the president\u2019s desk<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The House and Senate conference committee released a National Defense Authorization Act agreement that would for the first time set aside specific payment for feds during parental leave.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the new proposal becomes law, those workers could see up to 12 weeks of paid leave for care of a newborn, adopting a child or fostering a minor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The defense authorization bill typically includes provisions focused solely on the military and connected agencies. But last year, in an effort to win over progressive lawmakers skeptical of significant defense spending increases, House leaders included parental leave for federal workers as part of the nearly 1,000-page bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the move has raised objections among some conservative lawmakers, who argue that issues outside the Defense Department should be left to other legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among them are House Armed Services Committee ranking member Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, who on Thursday listed the proposal as an item \u201cnot within committee jurisdiction\u201d and said he has concerns about the \u201cmandatory spending implications\u201d of the plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Including VA workers among those eligible for paid parental leave has seen bipartisan support in recent months, however. Earlier this year, House Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee ranking member Phil Roe, R-Tenn., introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/03\/02\/tens-of-thousands-of-va-workers-left-out-of-family-leave-benefits-could-soon-see-a-fix\/\" target=_blank>stand-alone legislation<\/a> correcting the issue, calling the plan to give VA workers the same benefit as their other federal employee peers \u201cunquestionably the right thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/06\/19\/troops-would-see-3-percent-pay-raise-more-child-care-and-family-support-programs-under-house-plan\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19330568346412.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Troops would see 3 percent pay raise, more child care and family support programs under House plan<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Military Times obtained an early copy of House personnel plans for the annual defense authorization bill, set to be voted on next week.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the leave benefit language approved by Congress last year, federal workers must have held their current government post for at least one year and must commit to at least 12 more weeks of work after their leave to be eligible for the benefit. 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