Senate Bill 222 would grant state employees who are parents of newborns and adoptive parents six weeks of paid leave.
Under current law, state employees are not granted any paid parental leave. Instead, they must use sick or vacation time, as well as unpaid leave under the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act.Bishop, who currently serves as the executive director of the Texas Public Employees Association, didn’t have paid parental leave at the time, and could only take one week of unpaid leave to bond with her new family.
“I was so mad,” Lindley said. “I had to burn through six weeks of sick leave … and if I want to take any more time I got to take annual leave.” But a Senate bill making its way through the Texas Legislature would significantly change things for parents working for the state.would grant state employees who are parents of newborns and adoptive parents six weeks of paid leave.
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