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Farmington council adopts paid parental leave policy
Summary
Farmington’s City Council unanimously adopted a parental leave policy that provides up to four weeks of fully paid parental leave plus an additional four-week supplemental post-partum recovery leave tied to Short-term Disability Insurance, intended to preserve full pay during that recovery period.
The Farmington City Council on March 3 adopted a new parental leave policy that provides up to four weeks of paid parental leave to parents by city employment status and an additional up-to-four-week supplemental post-partum recovery leave tied to Short-term Disability Insurance (SDI), allowing employees to receive full pay during that supplemental period.
City Attorney Paul Roberts presented the policy at both a work session and the regular meeting, saying the proposal would give four weeks of fully paid parental leave for new parents and that SDI—currently provided by…
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