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S 1131 116th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Defense Employee leave Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

A bill to establish family and medical leave banks to provide paid leave for employees of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 10, 2019 Introduced by: Merkley, Jeff Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Apr 10, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Apr 10, 2019
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish family and medical leave banks for DOD employees.

It requires the forfeited annual leave (i.e., the lost "use it or lose it" annual leave) of an employee to be credited to a family and medical leave bank for use by an eligible employee who experiences a personal or family medical emergency and has exhausted his or her available paid leave.

What's happening now April 10, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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