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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So what I’ve been hearing is this will only be for babies born October and later? So let’s say you have a baby in July, you couldn’t take leave starting in October? I’m seriously bummed for myself, but happy for those that will follow. [/quote]

From the bill, it is pretty clear in the wording [see S. 1790: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020: Sec. 7602 Para (C)]
   
[list]"The amendments made by this section shall not be effective with respect to any birth or placement occurring before October 1, 2020"[/list]
But I have to wonder what OPM is going to do when a bunch of people start making a stink about missing the cut off. Just imagine if a news story comes out about some premature baby that was born on September 30, 2020 and the big bad government isn't giving the mom family leave. It really doesn't seem completely fair for them to offer someone who gave birth one day later 3 months of leave and nothing for that other mother.

Honestly, I just think they were lazy with the wording in the bill. I think better wording would be something like [bolded is mine]

[list]"The amendments made by this section shall not be effective with respect to any birth or placement occurring [b]AFTER October 1, 2019[/b]" [/list]
and another line saying something like

[list]"The paid leave that is available to an employee for purposes of subparagraph (A) is--(i) 12 administrative workweeks [b]MINUS the number of work days from birth to December 31, 2019[/b], of paid parental leave under this subparagraph in connection with the birth or placement involved; and..."[/list]
So if the baby is born on October 1, 2019, you are screwed.
If the baby is born on October 2, 2019, you get one day of leave.
If the baby is born on October 3, 2019, you get two days of leave.
...
If the baby is born on or after December 31, 2019, you get the full 12 months = 60 days of leave[/quote]

Anyone thinking we’ll see a big bump in babies born to federal employee safety in the fourth quarter for next year?  Anyone who’s been trying or was planning to start trying now will wait until Jan/Feb, as will all of the people who have been delaying indefinitely because they couldn’t afford unpaid leave.[/quote]

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