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[quote=Anonymous]I support better support for parents in the US, I would actually prefer to see any public money go supporting low income families for a basic amount of parental leave (set amount per family per child) and making childcare more affordable.

I work for the feds and actually find the federal program fine/good if administered well by the agency but it seems to be a mindset thing.  My agency is pretty family friendly.

After 3 years, feds earn 4 weeks of leave annually and they earn 2 weeks of sick leave every year.

At any federal agency you can save up leave and carry over 6 weeks year to year and can under certain circumstances roll over more, there is no limit to saving up sick leave, you can use a combination of sick and annual leave for FMLA and there is also the ability to use sick leave for child medical appointments and sick days.  If you do not have enough leave to cover the medical recovery portion of maternity leave (6 weeks vaginal birth, 8 weeks c-section) you can go into the leave donation program and other feds can donate their leave.  You can also advance leave to a certain amount.

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