Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act

The Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act is a bill[1] for legislation, introduced by Carolyn B. Maloney, Gerald Connolly, and Eleanor Holmes Norton,[2] to provide four weeks of paid leave for federal workers who adopt, foster, or have a child.[3] The bill was stalled in committee.[4]

On December 20, 2019, as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020,[5] the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act (FEPLA)[6] to grant federal government employees up to 12 weeks of paid time off for the birth, adoption or foster of a new child.[7] The law applies to births or placements occurring on or after October 1, 2020.[8]

References
  1. "H.R.1022 - Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2017". United States Congress. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  2. "Paid Parental Leave for Federal Employees".
  3. "The Need for Paid Parental Leave for Federal Employees: Adapting to a Changing Workforce-Executive Summary". Institute for Women's Policy Research.
  4. "Trumps' Push for Paid Parental Leave Stalls - RealClearPolitics".
  5. S. 1790; NDAA 2020, Pub.L. 116-92, Pub.L. 116–92 (text) (pdf)
  6. Pub. L. 116–92, div. F, title LXXVI, § 7601-7606
  7. 5 USC § 6382
  8. Office of Personnel Management, MEMORANDUM FOR: HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES on December 27, 2019, and Pub. L. 116–92, div. F, title LXXVI, §§7602(c), 7603(c), & 7604(c), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2306, "The amendments made by this section shall not be effective with respect to any birth or placement occurring before October 1, 2020."
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