Military service members who have recently given birth, adopted children or are fostering children long-term now have 12 weeks of paid leave, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday.
of the Military Parental Leave Program and applies to service members on active duty for 12 months or more.
Previous policies granted eligible parents and caregivers up to three weeks or six weeks, said Charlie Dietz, a spokesperson for the office of the Secretary of Defense. "Long-term foster placement was added as a qualifying event for parental leave eligibility," Dietz told USA TODAY about the change.The parental leave expansion also includes service members who were on maternityService members who have given birthAccording to the policy, parents are eligible for 12-week leave during the first year that the child is born.
"In other words, birth parents on maternity convalescent leave or caregiver leave as of will, between the old policy and the new, receive a total of eighteen weeks of non-chargeable leave following the birth of their child.
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