Paid Parental Leave NOW!



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Paid Parental Leave -- Urge Your Senators to Support This First Step

We did it! Thanks to your calls and emails, the Federal Employee Paid Parental Leave Act passed the House by a wide margin.

Now it's on to the Senate. Ask your senators to support this legislation to guarantee federal workers four weeks of paid parental leave for a new child, as a first step toward universal paid leave.

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As the nation's largest employer, the federal government should serve as a model for family-friendly workplace policies. Passing the Paid Parental Leave Act is a critical benchmark as we work to provide paid sick, family and medical leave for all workers.

Paid parental leave for the 2.7 million federal workers will help millions of working families right now, and can be a model for achieving paid parental and family leave for the rest of our nation's workers, setting the standard for upcoming discussions about policies intended to help families balance work and family life.

Send an email message to your senators using our website. We need your help to increase the number of co-sponsors in the Senate so that this legislation has a better chance of passage.

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