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Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008

To provide that 8 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave, and for other purposes.

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6/19/2008--Passed House amended. Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008 - Allows federal employees to substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay available for either the:
(1) birth of a child; or
(2) placement of a child with the empl... more

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April 14, 2008June 19, 2008

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June 19, 2008Roll call number 428 in the House
Question: On Passage: H R 5781 Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act
Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 1/2 (50%) Percentage of 'aye' votes: 64% Result: Passed

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June 26, 2008 Paid maternity leave

Last week, the US House of Representatives passed HR 5781, which would give federal employees four weeks of paid maternity leave. ...

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June 25, 2008 House Passes Paid Parental Leave for Federal Employees

The bill, HR 5781, approved on a 279-146 vote, allows employees to take another eight weeks of unpaid leave after paid leave is exhausted. ...

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June 22, 2008 What Congress has in store

The measure, HR 5781, was passed as a stand-alone bill and not as part of a spending bill. The White House is threatening to veto the measure, ...

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January 02, 2009 IN SUPPORT OF CAROLYN MALONEY FOR HRC SEAT: AP tries to make Caro ...

Congresswoman Maloney’s Paid Leave for Federal Workers bill (H.R. 5781), which recently passed the House of Representatives, is an important first step toward providing paid leave for all working families for the birth or adoption of a ...

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October 22, 2008 Praying to End Abortion. How many think that it will actually work ...

They need to work to establish REAL maternity and paternity leave (they can start by supporting HR 5781, The Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008). They need to fight for a new education system that produces people capable ...

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October 01, 2008 NOW - Help Pass Paid Leave for New Parents

In June, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed their version of the Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act (H.R.5781). Now it is the Senate's turn, and there are only a few short weeks left for them to sponsor and pass ...

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