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Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act
3/12/2024, 11:27 AM
Summary of Bill S 274
Under this bill, federal employees would be entitled to up to 12 weeks of paid leave for various reasons, including the birth or adoption of a child, caring for a sick family member, or dealing with their own serious health condition. This paid leave would be in addition to any existing sick leave or vacation time that the employee may have accrued.
The bill also includes provisions for paid leave for military families, allowing federal employees to take time off to deal with issues related to a family member's deployment or injury in the line of duty. In order to fund this paid leave program, the bill proposes the establishment of a Federal Employee Paid Leave Fund, which would be financed through a small increase in federal employee payroll contributions. Overall, the Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act aims to provide federal employees with much-needed paid leave benefits, allowing them to better balance their work and personal lives.
Congressional Summary of S 274
Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act
This bill provides paid family and medical leave to federal employees.
Currently, federal employees are entitled to 12 weeks of administrative leave for one or more of the following reasons: (1) the birth of a child, (2) the adoption or foster care of a child, (3) the care of an immediate family member with a serious health condition, (4) inability to work due to a serious health condition, and (5) exigencies relating to an immediate family member's active duty service in the Armed Forces. However, of these reasons, employees are entitled to paid administrative leave only in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care of a child (i.e., parental leave).
The bill provides 12 weeks of paid administrative leave for any of these reasons, and specifies that this leave is in addition to any annual or sick leave to which employees are entitled.
