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Increase Number of U.S. Staffers Eligible For Parental Leave

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 2/21/20

Legislation that extended 12 weeks of paid parental leave for more than two million Federal workers that came in a flurry of end-of-the-year legislation in December inadvertently left out tens of thousands of employees across several agencies, including the Federal Aviation Administration and White House staffers.

To remedy the problem, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, has introduced the Federal Employee Parental Leave Technical Correction Act, which will include the Federal workers and agencies left out of the original bill.

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