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[quote=PaidParentalLeave]OPM has posted an interim rule on paid parental leave [url=https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2020-14832][1][/url] to the Federal Register for publication on August 10. This is the guidance agencies will use to craft their parental leave policies.

For those that were hoping for the leave to be retroactive...things do not look good. As stated in the original Federal Employee Paid Leave Act (in Section 7602 of the NDAA [url=https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1790/BILLS-116s1790enr.pdf][2][/url]), any birth before October 1 will not get leave. This is clearly reflected in the OPM guidance. Unfortunately, there is no way to waive this requirement as it is law. The only way to change this is through another act of Congress.

To enact change, I suggest that you reach out to your representatives [url=https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative][3][/url] and senators [url=https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm][4][/url] via phone, sign the following petition [url=https://www.change.org/p/federal-employee-paid-leave-act-paid-maternity-leave-for-government-employees-due-before-october-1st-2020][5][/url], and leave a comment on the interim final rule [url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/08/10/2020-14832/paid-parental-leave#open-comment][6][/url]. Ask to be put in contact with someone that works on these issues. I have been doing this for a number of Congress members for a couple months using some arguments [url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/15hFss28N1By7orQZY_4DmdGxnfJfocVC/view?usp=sharing][7][/url] I put together a while ago. I would definitely recommend reaching out to Carolyn Maloney [url=https://maloney.house.gov/contact-carolyn][8][/url] as she is the main Congress member who is actively fighting [url=https://federalnewsnetwork.com/benefits/2020/05/house-democrats-call-for-retroactive-expansion-of-paid-parental-leave-to-federal-employees/][9][/url] to make this leave retroactive and crafted the original legislation.

[1] [url]https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2020-14832[/url]
[2] [url]https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1790/BILLS-116s1790enr.pdf[/url]
[3] [url]https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative[/url]
[4] [url]https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm[/url]
[5] [url]https://www.change.org/p/federal-employee-paid-leave-act-paid-maternity-leave-for-government-employees-due-before-october-1st-2020[/url]
[6] [url]https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/08/10/2020-14832/paid-parental-leave#open-comment[/url]
[7] [url]https://drive.google.com/file/d/15hFss28N1By7orQZY_4DmdGxnfJfocVC/view?usp=sharing[/url]
[8] [url]https://maloney.house.gov/contact-carolyn[/url]
[9] [url]https://federalnewsnetwork.com/benefits/2020/05/house-democrats-call-for-retroactive-expansion-of-paid-parental-leave-to-federal-employees/[/url][/quote]

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