Biden Admin Yanks Maternity Leave From Trump Appointees Days Before Some Give Birth
February 4, 2021 By Jordan Davidson
President Joe Biden’s administration denied multiple President Trump-era aides their previously established maternity leave, some days before birth, reports Politico.
Even though some Trump aides made arrangements for parental leave early in 2021 in advance of their children’s births, multiple federal employees were told shortly before or after their babies arrived that the benefits would no longer be extended to them after Biden and his team took office.
Some families pleaded with the new administration to honor the previous agreements, one couple writing that they were counting on the leave to deal with “unforeseen complications†during the birth of their child.
“[T]he remaining 9-10 weeks afforded to federal employees is critical to our family and livelihoods as we work to raise a strong, healthy boy under unique and unforeseen complications to our birth plan,†the married Department of Homeland Security officials wrote.
But their calls were disregarded by Biden’s transition team, which said the officials’ previously pledged benefits including payroll ended when former President Donald Trump departed the White House. Continuity between administrations is a long-established tradition in the interests of fairness and unity.
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https://thefederalist.com/2021/02/04/biden-admin-yanks-maternity-leave-from-trump-appointees-days-before-some-give-birth/
