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Published: 2015-08-05

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Excerpt from The Federal Employees Family Friendly Leave Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 2:28 p.m., in room 311, Cannon House Office Building, Hon. Eleanor Holmes Norton (chair of the subcommittee) presiding. Members present: Representatives Norton and Morella. Ms. Norton. The hearing is convened. Today we hold a hearing on H.R.4361, the Federal Employees Family Friendly Leave Act, which I introduced on May 5, 1994.The first part of the bill provides that in addition to any other allowable purpose, sick leave may be used by an employee to give care or otherwise attend to a family member of the employee having an illness, injury, or other condition which, if an employee had the condition, would justify the use of sick leave by that employee. Currently, Federal employees are permitted only to use their sick leave for their own illnesses, pregnancies, or if someone in their immediate family has a contagious disease. The second part of the bill provides that Federal employees may donate and receive annual leave for any reason from family members who also work for the Federal Government. However, in order to be eligible to receive a transfer of an annual leave, the leave transfer must not cause the total amount of annual leave available to the employee to exceed 240 hours. In addition, employees would not be able to cash out transferred leave upon leaving Government service. Both parts of the bill would be authorized for a 3-year period, and, not later than 6 months before the authority sunsets, the Office of Management and Budget would submit a report to Congress evaluating the use of this authority and making recommendations as to whether or not it should be continued. Analysis of existing Federal Government leave policy shows the need and desire for this legislation. The report of the National Performance Review states that - and I am quoting: "Family friendly policies serve the needs of a diverse work force struggling to manage child care, elder care, family emergencies, and other personal responsibilities while at the same time remaining committed to professional development and advancement." The NPR went on to recommend that employees be permitted to use sick leave to care for dependents in order to advance these goals. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.