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underpants

(182,877 posts) Tue Jun 26, 2018, 04:45 PM Jun 2018

Va. Gov. Northam grants paid parental leave (8 weeks) to state employees

https://www.google.com/amp/s/wtop.com/virginia/2018/06/va-gov-northam-grants-paid-parental-leave-to-state-employees/amp/

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is granting eight weeks of paid leave for new parents who work in state government.

Northam signed an executive order Tuesday giving executive-branch employees two months of leave at full pay for the new birth or adoption of a child. The policy applies to new mothers and fathers.

The Democratic governor, who is also a pediatric neurologist, said paid time off makes for healthier children and a happier workforce. The state previously provided pregnant women six weeks of paid leave through its short-term disability program following the birth of a child.

Earlier this year GOP House Speaker Kirk Cox announced that full-time state House employees can receive 12 weeks of paid parental leave.

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Va. Gov. Northam grants paid parental leave (8 weeks) to state employees (Original Post) underpants Jun 2018 OP

Awesome. Keep up the good work, Governor. FSogol Jun 2018 #1

Excellent idea. This is as it should be anyway. However, politically speaking..... dameatball Jun 2018 #2

FSogol

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1. Awesome. Keep up the good work, Governor.

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Tue Jun 26, 2018, 04:46 PM

Jun 2018

dameatball

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2. Excellent idea. This is as it should be anyway. However, politically speaking.....

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Tue Jun 26, 2018, 04:53 PM

Jun 2018

...it also helps this to become a norm and perhaps a model. Once something like this becomes established practice, it becomes much harder and a political liability for anyone trying to take it away. But the main thing is it is simply the right thing to do for people.

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