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Parental Bereavement Leave (The Farley-Kluger Initiative to Amend the FMLA)

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  • Feb 19th, 2018
    Jonathan D. from Saint Simons Island, GA writes:
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  • Dec 29th, 2017
    Susan P. from Eatontown, NJ signed.
  • Dec 28th, 2017
    Gregory H. from Saint Charles, IL signed.
  • Dec 21st, 2017
    SHARON C. from Columbus, OH writes:
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    My position deal with desperate individuals seeking food assistance. I came back to work one week after I had my son's funeral. He was killed by a bullet while sleeping on the couch of his home. There was no time to say goodbye, it was sudden and unexpected. I had no time to grieve, because I had to get all the funeral arrangements done and etc... So while on the job, I must work with desperate individuals while starting to grieve and finally deal with the shock. The FMLA is a wonderful avenue but it must be amended to include more time for parents to deal with the loss of a child.
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  • Dec 18th, 2017
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  • Dec 18th, 2017
    Mounika N. from Falls Church, VA signed.
  • Dec 7th, 2017
    Someone from Eugene, OR writes:
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    thank god I was close to retire . I would not have been able to work. My daughter died of cancer after a few months fighting all while my husband was dying from Alzheimer's. There was no way I can keep my mind straight on anything. No support.
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  • Nov 27th, 2017
    Arlene F. from Hudson, MA signed.
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  • Oct 25th, 2017
    Lisa H. from Los Banos, CA writes:
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    The loss of my 28 yr old Dtr after a 2.5 yr chronic illness was one of the hardest things I had to face. I had to return to work the Monday after her funeral. Just like her child birth it would have. Edna great to have time off.
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  • Oct 22nd, 2017
    Dawn S. from Palm Coast, FL signed.
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  • Oct 18th, 2017
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  • Oct 16th, 2017
    Diane M. from La Porte City, IA writes:
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    Consider this fact: The death of a child affects both Democrats and Republicans. Families need longer than 3 days to grieve.
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  • Oct 8th, 2017
    Dawn G. from Mendon, IL signed.
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  • Sep 30th, 2017
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  • Sep 29th, 2017
    Robert S. from Stoughton, MA signed.
  • Sep 28th, 2017
    Miracle L. from Honey Grove, TX writes:
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    In honor of Draven Xavier Dennis, our only child, whom we lost on June 14th 2017. His father was fired for missing work to go with me to pick up his ashes.
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  • Sep 28th, 2017
    Anne O. from Portland, OR writes:
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    Please consider amending this bill to include spouses/partners. Few in the workplace understand the emotionally traumatized condition in which parents and spouses/partners find themselves after a death, most especially when it is sudden. My husband died suddenly and unexpectedly of cardiac arrest. I was already retired when he died but certainly would have needed more than standard bereavement leave to deal with the emotional trauma of his sudden demise.
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  • Sep 27th, 2017
    Patricia R. from Fishkill, NY signed.
  • Sep 11th, 2017
    Alan H. from Aston, PA writes:
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    The loss of a child is a trauma which can shake a parent to their core. I don't profess to empathize with all bereaved parents, as I believe sudden death is different from death by a prolonged disease in the way it affects the parents. That is, parents who have "benefit" of anticipatory grief can at least negotiate through the immediate loss a little differently. Nonetheless, the loss of a child is life altering to a parent.
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  • Sep 11th, 2017
    Miranda T. from Glendale, AZ signed.
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  • Aug 24th, 2017
    Julie M. from Lovettsville, VA signed.
  • Aug 17th, 2017
    Resa R. from Montgomery, AL writes:
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    I ran upon this petition and was pleasantly surprised to see that it is here. I lost my 17 yr old daughter to murder in Dec 2010. I returned to my job as Auditor GS-11 a month later. My boss basically thought I should get back at it. I went through allot of unfair treatment for several years before he retired, to include being overlooked for a promotion that I clearly deserved based on my accomplishments for this office. However, he kicked me when I was down. He told me that I should be getting better with my grief mid-way through 2012. He said that he felt that 2011 should have been my worst year. Of course I was hurt and angered by his assumptions, treatment, and lack of empathy. I do not expect anyone to fully understand my grief if they have not experienced it themselves, but I do expect others to try to give me the respect that I feel so many of us don't get as employees in the federal government. I pray that your bill will pass and more importantly, I pray that it will also raise awareness that supervisors may need much more training in sensitivity in matters such as this. I am still suffering the consequences of what he did to me. VERY LONG STORY and have proof of it, but the union is all the help a Title 32 fed tech has, and that pretty much means we have nothing.
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  • Aug 16th, 2017
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  • Aug 5th, 2017
    LeShawn S. from Bellflower, CA writes:
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    Please sign this into Law!
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