{"id":42535,"date":"2018-06-22T16:55:57","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T16:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/22\/new-navy-parental-leave-policy-gives-new-parents-additional-flexibility\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:09:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:09:16","slug":"new-navy-parental-leave-policy-gives-new-parents-additional-flexibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/06\/22\/new-navy-parental-leave-policy-gives-new-parents-additional-flexibility\/","title":{"rendered":"New Navy parental leave policy gives new parents additional flexibility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of a couple of new rule changes under the new parental and adoption leave policy, sailors will now be able to decide which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/ship-collisions\/2018\/06\/17\/one-year-after-the-fitzgerald-collision-the-families-of-the-fallen-grieve-and-search-for-answers\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">parent <\/a>receives primary caregiver leave, the Navy announced Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prior to the policy change, birth mothers were able to take a period of 12 weeks of maternity leave. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the new policy, sailors giving birth are allowed six weeks of maternity convalescent leave, a time period that begins after they leave the hospital after giving birth. The primary caregiver is given six additional weeks of parental leave, while the secondary caregiver gets 14 days of leave, Previously, secondary caregivers had 10 days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the statement, the leave time is completely nonchargeable. Additionally, the periods must be used all at once within a year of a birth or adoption. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/06\/21\/up-to-20000-migrant-kids-may-be-sent-to-military-bases\/\" 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=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18172683585452.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\">Up to 20,000 migrant kids may be sent to military bases<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Dyess, Goodfellow, Fort Bliss and Little Rock are locations under consideration.<\/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\">Other changes have to do with deployment. Sailors on or within three months of deployment can defer their leave period until after the deployment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, commanding officers can still authorize sailors to take parental leave while deployed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is one step of many stemming from 2016, when then-Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced a DoD-wide 12-week maternity leave policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"385\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4019268.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4019268.jpg.jpg 680w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4019268.jpg.jpg?resize=300,170 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Under the new parental leave policy, parents can now choose among themselves who is the primary and secondary caregiver. 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