Supporting Access to Leave for Federal Employees

What Presidential Memorandum 2023-02670 says

Federal Register, Volume 88 Issue 25 (Tuesday, February 7, 2023) [Federal Register Volume 88, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 7, 2023)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 7833-7835] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2023-02670] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 25 / Tuesday, February 7, 2023 / Presidential Documents ___________________________________________________________________ Title 3-- The President [[Page 7833]] Memorandum of February 2, 2023 Supporting Access to Leave for Federal Employees Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to strengthen the Federal Government as a model ``employer, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. Workers must have access to paid leave when they face a medical or caregiving need that affects their ability to work. Yet, the United States is one of the few countries in the world that does not guarantee paid leave--and 92 percent of the Nation's lowest wage workers, who are disproportionately women and workers of color, lack access to paid family leave through their employer. Lack of access to paid family and medical leave can risk the health, well-being, and economic security of workers and their families. Paid...

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