3 Bills to Watch Targeting Paid Leave, Workers’ Comp, Workplace Safety

Two newly introduced bills and another that’s moving through Congress would expand paid family and medical leave for federal employees, make it easier to secure medical care and related benefits for workplace injuries, and address unsafe air and ventilation issues in federal buildings.

AFGE supports each of these bills, and we encourage you to let your members of Congress know that they need to support these bills, too.

*Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Workers

* Federal Facilities Indoor Air Quality Assessment Act

*Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act

LINK: https://www.afge.org/article/3-bills-to-watch-targeting-paid-leave-workers-comp-workplace-safety/

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PAID PARENTAL LEAVE

September 24th, 2020 | Posted by admin in Did you know? | Excused Absences | FMLA | Uncategorized - (0 Comments)

The Office of Personnel Management has released more details about the new, highly-anticipated paid parental leave program, which will go into effect in less than three months.

OPM’s interim final rule, which is scheduled for publication Monday, is significant in that it gives federal agencies more instruction on how they should implement new paid parental leave benefits, and it offers employees more detail on how they can take advantage of the new program.

Under the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act (FEPLA), new benefits go into effect Oct. 1. The president signed FEPLA into law late last year, following a nearly decade-long effort by members of Congress

LINK https://federalnewsnetwork.com/benefits/2020/08/what-feds-need-to-know-about-the-upcoming-paid-parental-leave-program/

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