{"id":17243,"date":"2019-03-05T22:54:24","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T22:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/05\/congress-moves-to-guarantee-paid-family-leave\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:46:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:46:31","slug":"congress-moves-to-guarantee-paid-family-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2019\/03\/05\/congress-moves-to-guarantee-paid-family-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress moves to guarantee paid family leave"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., introduced legislation March 5 that would entitle federal employees to 12 weeks of paid leave for the birth, adoption or foster placement of a child in their family and for other medical purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have literally had federal employees call me and ask me about the timing of the bill and when is it going to pass, because they want to plan their families around it,\u201d Maloney said at a press briefing on the Federal Employees Paid Leave Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/pay-benefits\/2018\/06\/29\/feds-get-12-weeks-paid-parental-leave-under-new-bill\/\" target=_blank>Similar legislation<\/a> was introduced in 2017 and 2018, but both failed to make it past committee consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe talk a pretty good game about supporting families, but when it comes to giving workers time to bond with their new children or nurse a loved one back to health we unfortunately fall far, far too short,\u201d said Tony Reardon, national president of the National Treasury Employees Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And though the bill\u2019s 12 co-sponsors are all Democrats at the moment, past iterations of the bill have had Republican co-sponsors, and Rep. 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Don Beyer, D-Va.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou don\u2019t have to find that perfect person again, you don\u2019t have to train her, you don\u2019t have to put all the investment into getting her up to speed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently new parents working for the federal government may take six to eight weeks of sick leave, followed under the Family Medical Leave Act by an additional 12 weeks of unpaid leave within a year of the birth or adoption of a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new legislation would enable feds to receive a longer period of leave with guaranteed pay before having to use up sick or annual leave and would replace the 12 weeks of unpaid leave currently offered to feds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill is gender neutral, giving both men and women the same amount of potential time off, and also allows feds to take paid time to care for sick family members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLeave to care for family members will become more and more essential as our population ages. 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