Posted on 12/12/2019 5:01:52 PM PST by 11th_VA
WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) — It's a rare occasion in Washington when Democrats, Republicans and the White House can share a victory on any policy issue. But both sides are poised to pass legislation that will guarantee 12 weeks of paid parental leave for all federal employees.
The House approved the provision Wednesday as part of a must-pass defense authorization bill and Senate Republicans appear to have the support to send it to President Donald Trump's desk next week. Though it only applies to 2.1 million federal employees and only covers time off for the birth or adoption of a child, proponents of the legislation have described as a first step toward paid family leave and paid medical leave benefits for all American workers.
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Isn’t China where the women are free for 15 minutes to have the baby and then it’s back to the rice paddy. Does China really restrict couples to two children?
I’m so old, I can remember things like employer health insurance benefits covered most of the cost for my two kids and any time off was paid using my unused vacation days or paid sick days. We did alright at the time.
Isn’t 12 weeks a bit excessive. How about 2 weeks?
Out here in rural BumF*ck Texas, we still have babies at home and some prefer home schooling them until they are accepted into U.T. So send us a check that we can cash down at the gas station and we will put it to good use.
Being self-employed (cattle/goat rustlers, METH lab technicians, Wine/Beer/Moonshine distillers, bootleggers, hemp farmers, landscapers, etc.) we generate cash under table and pay little or no taxes compared to our Urban counterparts. We could always use the extra government cash to upgrade or replace the equipment used in our operations. The F-150 is getting old and the lab equipment is worn or obsolete. /s
Our motto is “In GOD we trust, everybody else pays cash”. But if you need a loan, that can be arranged too. /s
Every time I see Ivanka and her pencil necked hubby at the White House meetings, meeting foreign powers, traveling abroad with President Trump, it really slays me. We didn’t elect the Trump “family”, just the President (and his First Lady to accompany him, when protocol requires). Let Ivanka tend to her own three little chillrun and pencil neck can collect his slumlord receipts. Stay out of the people’s business.
The headline left that out. The part about royalty getting more time off.
NO!
with thousands of federal employees they should just trade shifts with others so no one is “off” for family leave.
They should be cross trained so others can fill their job if need be.
This is tax payer monies and time nd should be used wisely, not some private industry which can do as it pleases.
12 weeks represents 23% of a work year of 52 weeks.
Federal employers or private employer-—that is a huge burden to absorb.
Ask ANY worker over the age of 50 & see how much ‘paid family leave’ they got in their working lifetime...
The answer is ZERO-—NADA-—ZIP—NOTHING.
IF we got pregnant, the burden was on us to take care of our lives. Many of us NEVER had ANY ‘health benefits’ during those years, either. IF we had a baby-—we were usually back to work in less than 2 weeks, and an older family member was our ‘babysitter’. IF the mother was breast feeding, she pumped milk & stored it for use during her work shift.
The burden on a business is cumbersome & not fair.
IF I were thinking about opening a business in this atmosphere, I would think harder & probably NOT do so.
IF there ever was a poster child example of WHY every government—Federal & state needs to have a rule about SINGLE ITEM BILLS, this is it.
This family leave bill was PIGGY-BACKED on the back of the ‘critical defense spending bill.
EVERY SINGLE MEMBER of Congress should be railroaded out of their seats for this flim-flam.
Disgusting.
NO!
with thousands of federal employees they should just trade shifts with others so no one is “off” for family leave.”””
Funny how that whenever there is a full shutdown of Federal Government activities the ‘essential’ persons who are kept working is LESS than 20% of the total workforce...
AND the other 80% gets paid for the time they were NOT working.
When the SHTF eventually, this WILL END.
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