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NARFE Statement in Response to Reports of Agreement Reached on Federal Employee Paid Parental Leave

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 9, 2019

In response to reports that congressional democrats and the president have reached a tentative agreement to provide federal workers with 12 weeks of paid parental leave, NARFE National President Ken Thomas issued the following statement:

Alexandria, Va. – “This policy is not only about the value we place on family, but also smart human resource management. The bonding time it affords federal employees with a new addition to their family is priceless, as is the government’s ability to recruit and retain top talent and a high-performing workforce that best serves the American people. With every other industrialized country providing paid parental leave to its citizens, and America’s top 20 companies offering some amount of it to their employees, this policy is long overdue, but no less important.”

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