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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The original language had it only applicable for babies born after October 1, 2020. I haven’t been able to find the latest agreement, though. They should be voting today. So we’ll find out shortly.[/quote]

SIGH. I would be very surprised then if this was earlier. It would have been SO NICE not to have to use all my leave and take time unpaid. Also, to have my husband (we're both feds) be able to spend some real time home with the baby as well.[/quote]

Yup. I'm on maternity leave right now. It will be nice for others and I don't begrudge it to them, but it will be bitterly disappointing to use up all of my sick and annual leave, take a 10% pay cut for the year due to unpaid FMLA (I've only been a fed instead of a contractor for 1.5 years), and miss paid leave by a hair. Like, that's such a huge cost i would probably have waited a year to get pregnant if I'd known.[/quote]

You do sound very bitter, yes.[/quote]

Eh, she said it’s nice for others and she doesn’t begrudge it to them. Doesn’t sound bitter to me. I’m a fed who recently took my second maternity leave. Covering the first one was tough and covering the second one was even tougher because I didn’t have as much time to accrue sick/annual leave, plus I had a difficult pregnancy the second time around, so I had to use sick leave before the birth. The current fed approach just kind of sucks, and it’s awesome that it might change for the better! [/quote]

+1 - for the professional crowd (doctors, lawyers, etc.) it's been a maxim that you have the children before you go public if you can because parental leave benefits are so far behind what the private sector offers.  This will be a big attraction to would-be parents who are thinking they want kids in the future.  Now, they stay put because they don't want to give up those benefits. In the future, they are more likely to jump prior to getting pregnant - which is a big bonus to the government to get new people in who may stay for a long time.[/quote]

Yeah, I’m a lawyer and the difference in maternity leave benefits for private sector versus the feds is really significant. Still, I’m glad I didn’t have to go back to working at a law firm when I returned from leave. [/quote]

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