I'm not sure how I feel about the leave for taking care of a critically ill person, or if you're recovering from a serious illness, but I say NO for the maternity leave!
There's NO REASON a Federal employee should get more time off with what's already given. A NEW Federal employee gets 13 days of vacation, 13 days of sick leave (that accrues and you never lose), and 10 paid holidays a year.
If you have between 3-15 years of service, you get 19.5 days of vacation, and 26 days after 15 years (Sick leave stays the same).
All someone would have to do, even a NEW employee, is plan ahead for 2 years and you'd have 52 days to use!! That's OVER 10 weeks of PAID leave!
In addition, you'd STILL get your 10 paid holidays, so it's not like you'd have to go to work for 2 years without a break! If they don't like that... Wait 5 years until you get more time in and more leave accrued.
They even have a leave donation program for people that have exhausted all their own leave and want to go on leave welfare (must be deemed medically necessary)!
The road to socialism in the U.S. continues to march forward! It's being proposed by a Republican /sarc to boot!
With "R's" like this, who needs "D's"?
It is EXTREMELY disruptive.
What's worse, the male goldbricks in the office are beginning to take "parental leave" - so for 12 weeks they expect somebody else in the office to do their work for them -- and they aren't even the ones who are bearing the baby!
It is EXTREMELY disruptive.
What's worse, the male goldbricks in the office are beginning to take "parental leave" - so for 12 weeks they expect somebody else in the office to do their work for them -- and they aren't even the ones who are bearing the baby!
There's the problem right there. The Republicans ought to be pushing for limited government and ought to be saying "No" with one voice.
Instead, we work with the Leftists and reach a compromise (likely to be 80% of what the Leftists asked for in the first place). When have the Leftists ever worked with us? Drilling in ANWAR? Well, OK you nice Republicans, let's compromise ... [yeah, that'll be the day!]
Wouldn’t be necessary if the government would stop taxing us at such high rates. Used to be that one of the parents could stay home if they wanted to and the family would get by just fine.
The government 'recruiting'? The government 'competing'? That's a novel concept!
When the alternative minimum tax money comes in after next year, they should be able to afford it.
When the alternative minimum tax money comes in after next year, they should be able to afford it.
I used to work in a steel factory. A lay off was coming and a girl I worked with wanted to get laid off. She told the foreman that if he did not lay her off, she was going to get pregnant. Her ‘husband’ was in jail but that was no impediment to her. She went on maternity leave, which paid more than the lay off.
“”Roughly half of federal employees are female, and to recruit and retain the most talented women, the federal government must find a way to offer this assistance,” said Liz Connell,”
Yep, recruiting someone demanding equal pay for 17% less work is always a winning formula!
Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, has rolled out two bills that would provide at least eight weeks of paid maternity leave for civil servants, and paternity benefits as well.Stevens is a Major League Assh*l*.
And if any 'R' should have lost it was this arrogant mutt and if he wasn't up last time I pray he goes down next time. It's jerks like HIM who the people are pi$$ed at.