Navy and Marine Corps maternity leave policies drastically expanded last year will be now slashed by six weeks from 18 to 12 weeks under a new plan announced Thursday by Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter.
The plan, announced as part of other Force of the Future personnel changes, doubles the Army andAir Force's current six-week policies, but dials back a generous leave policy rolled out by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus in August.
"Today I'm setting 12 weeks of fully paid maternity leave as the standard across the forces," Carter said during a press conference at the Pentagon. "I don't take lightly that 12 weeks of maternity leave represents a downshift from what the Navy pursued last summer ... I thought it was important that we have the same standard across the joint force."
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I don't understand why this is paid leave. So wasteful.
ReplyDeleteHow is it wasteful? A woman deserves to spend as much time with new newborn as possible.
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