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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]My agency has shown potential willingness to be flexible if others are setting the right precedent[/quote]

This is very interesting, do you mind expanding on how you came to this conclusion? Is your agency sending out emails or is this via talks with HR? Anything you can provide would be helpful because I am trying to lobby for this leave at my agency.

My understanding with all of this is that since the parental leave act is LAW the only way to change the effective date is through another act of Congress. Hence, any type of parental leave that an agency might offer before October 1 will have to be of their own good will and must take from their own pot of money.

From chatting with lawmakers, it sounds like the October 1 date was chosen at the request of OPM so they can have time to come up with guidance. I believe there was also a need to wait until October 1 because of a delay in funding.

Also speaking of DOD, there is precedence with parental leave being made retroactive for active duty troops in the Military Parental Leave Program in 2018.[/quote]

OP - I contacted HR and asked how they were interpreting OPM guidance, mentioning what I had heard about more generous interpretations at other agencies and they asked for records or public statements to back that up. Admittedly I was at a hormonal low point and got a little emotional with my HR contact ("this is wildly unfair to anyone who gives birth at 11:59pm on September 30th and hasn't been here long enough to accrue enough sick or annual leave to even come close to the 12 weeks a mom who gives birth minutes later would receive" etc.)[/quote]

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