The State Civil Service Commission should adopt proposed rule 11.36 with the following changes: Extend the period within which parental leave is available from 12 weeks following the qualifying event to at least 6 months. Ideally, it should be 12 mon

The proposed rule is an important step for Louisiana and will bring the state in line with the majority of other states and the federal government in providing paid parental leave to its employees. [...] Delete the limitation of the number of times an employee is eligible to use parental leave (11.36(g)(5)). [...] Delete the 1,250 hour requirement to ensure part-time employees remain eligible (11.36(c)(2)) Recommendation: On page 3, Lines 19-22: Parental leave is only available to employees who on the date of the qualifying event have been employed by the State for at least 12 months and who have actually worked at least 1250 hours in the 12 months preceding the parental leave request. [...] Extend the amount of paid parental leave from the proposed 6 weeks to at least 8 weeks aligning Louisiana with the average number of weeks provided by states with paid parental leave (11.36(a); 11.36(f)(1), (2); 11.36(g)(3)). [...] The average length of paid parental leave is 8.6 weeks among the 28 states and D.