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Committee debates 4-week paid parental leave; members urge gender-neutral, FMLA-aligned wording
Summary
The personnel committee considered a proposal to offer four weeks of paid leave for birth parents after delivery and discussed extending the benefit to adoption and foster placements and to fathers, urging wording aligned with FMLA and non-discrimination.
Marion County’s personnel committee reviewed proposed paid parental leave language in a draft personnel policy on Aug. 28, discussing a county proposal to provide four weeks of paid leave after the birth of a child and whether the benefit should also apply to adoption and foster-care placement and to fathers. Committee members recommended changing the draft’s phrasing to align with the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and to treat birth, adoption and foster placement consistently.
The discussion covered eligibility and…
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