The Marine Corps will consider extending maternity leave to up to one full year, in what would amount to a significant policy change for the service.
In his planning guide to the force, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger called the service's parental/maternity leave policies"inadequate," and said they"have failed to keep pace with societal norms and modern talent management practices."
The Defense Department provides a standard 12-week maternity policy -- the same amount of time mandated by the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, which requires employers to provide"unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons." But the U.S. is one of only a handful of countries that doesn't mandate paid leave.
"We fully support the growth of our Marine families, and will do everything possible to provide parents with opportunities to remain with their newborns for extended periods of time," Berger said."In the future, we will consider up to one year leaves-of-absence for mothers to remain with their children before returning to full duty to complete their service obligations."
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