John Tester, D-Montana, proposed the Parental Bereavement Act, which would amend the Family and Medical Leave Act to incorporate extended, job-protected leave for the loss of a child.
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The national law that supposedly ensures family leave in our country is the Family and Medical Leave Act (or FMLA), which provides both fathers and mothers with job-protected leave for 12 weeks.
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And thanks to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- enacted 20 years ago this week -- I had a legal right to job-protected leave.