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americus 2.0 · 10-17-2021, 08:47 AM

(10-16-2021, 10:50 PM)captivating Wrote:
(10-16-2021, 10:36 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: How the hell does a man who did NOT give birth to a child take months of paid paternity leave when women who HAVE given birth only get six weeks?

Beginning October 1, 2020, paid parental leave may be granted in connection with a qualifying birth or placement (for adoption or foster care). The Federal Employee Paid Leave Act (FEPLA) makes paid parental leave available to certain categories of Federal civilian employees. As a result, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provisions were amended in Title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.) to provide up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave to covered Federal employees in connection with the birth or placement (for adoption or foster care) of a child occurring on or after October 1, 2020.

The Federal Employee Paid Leave Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law last December, gives workers access to up to 12 weeks of paid time off for the birth, adoption or placement of a new child.

While I really do appreciate that, especially for adoptive parents, it says up to 12 weeks and with things going sideways the way they are, the man needs to get back to work. He's had plenty of time to get his new family settled. People do it all the time in six weeks.