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Linn County health official urges expanded parental leave, prenatal appointment time
Summary
Amanda from the Linn County Health Department told commissioners the county should expand employee parental leave to six weeks for primary caregivers, two weeks for secondary caregivers and up to 20 hours of paid leave for prenatal appointments, citing travel burdens for rural employees and health benefits for infants and families.
Amanda, a Linn County Health Department staff member, briefed commissioners on Jan. 26 on the department’s recent work and proposed updates to county parental-leave policy. "I would love to see that," she said when asked whether the county should offer six weeks of paid leave to primary caregivers, two weeks to secondary caregivers and up to 20 hours of paid leave for prenatal appointments.
Amanda described services and outreach the department has provided since the start of January, including 146 client appointments, CPR and first-aid instruction for Jayhawk Transportation…
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