{"id":4258,"date":"2019-04-10T18:53:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T22:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-rounds-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-improve-family-leave-for-dod-employees-2019\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:07:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:07:52","slug":"merkley-rounds-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-improve-family-leave-for-dod-employees-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-rounds-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-improve-family-leave-for-dod-employees-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley y Rounds presentan legislaci\u00f3n bipartidista para mejorar la licencia familiar para los empleados del DOD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 El Senador Jeff Merkley y el Senador Mike Rounds (R-SD) de Oreg\u00f3n presentaron hoy una legislaci\u00f3n bipartidista para mejorar las licencias familiares y m\u00e9dicas para los empleados del Departamento de Defensa (DoD) simplificando y ampliando el banco de licencias de la agencia.<\/p>\n<p>Actualmente, el Departamento de Defensa permite que los empleados civiles individuales donen las vacaciones anuales ganadas a colegas individuales espec\u00edficos que experimenten una situaci\u00f3n familiar o m\u00e9dica grave que requiera una licencia adicional. Pero el proceso informal actual de identificar y emparejar a los donantes de licencia con los beneficiarios puede ser ineficiente, y si los empleados civiles no identifican y donan esta licencia de manera proactiva, a menudo pierden la licencia anual ganada cuando toman un nuevo trabajo fuera del Departamento o cuando tiene un exceso de licencia de &quot;\u00faselo o pi\u00e9rdalo&quot; que no se transferir\u00e1 al pr\u00f3ximo a\u00f1o calendario.<\/p>\n<p>Esta legislaci\u00f3n mover\u00eda autom\u00e1ticamente cualquier licencia anual de &quot;\u00faselo o pi\u00e9rdalo&quot; que se perdi\u00f3 de los empleados civiles del Departamento de Defensa a un fondo com\u00fan de licencia familiar y m\u00e9dica para beneficiar a los empleados despu\u00e9s del nacimiento o adopci\u00f3n de un ni\u00f1o, enfermedad grave de un familiar inmediato. , o la propia condici\u00f3n m\u00e9dica de un trabajador.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNuestros empleados del Departamento de Defensa trabajan arduamente para mantener segura a nuestra naci\u00f3n\u201d, dijo Merkley. \u201cComo ex empleado del Pent\u00e1gono, s\u00e9 que estos trabajos son dif\u00edciles y de alto riesgo. Es bueno para estos empleados y bueno para nuestra naci\u00f3n si los trabajadores tienen la licencia paga que necesitan para cuidarse a s\u00ed mismos y cuidar a sus familias durante los momentos importantes de sus vidas. Racionalizar y expandir el banco de licencias muestra c\u00f3mo el sentido com\u00fan y el bien com\u00fan pueden ir de la mano\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeg\u00fan nuestra legislaci\u00f3n, los d\u00edas de vacaciones anuales que pierden los empleados del Departamento de Defensa se agrupar\u00e1n, por lo que los empleados que necesitan tiempo libre adicional por motivos familiares o m\u00e9dicos pueden usar horas de licencia adicionales para complementar las suyas\u201d, dijo Rounds. \u201cUn &#039;banco de licencias&#039; puede ayudar a los empleados que recientemente dieron a luz o adoptaron un hijo, que est\u00e1n cuidando a un familiar enfermo o que se enfrentan a una enfermedad y no tienen suficiente tiempo de licencia para cubrir las horas que necesitan tomar apagado. Esta es una pol\u00edtica de sentido com\u00fan, y espero trabajar con el Senador Merkley y nuestros colegas en el Senado para hacerla avanzar\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cada a\u00f1o, los empleados civiles del Departamento de Defensa acumulan entre 104 y 208 horas de vacaciones anuales pagadas. Si no han utilizado todas sus vacaciones anuales en un a\u00f1o determinado, pueden transferir hasta 240 horas al a\u00f1o siguiente. Todo lo que supere las 240 horas se considera &quot;\u00fasalo o pi\u00e9rdelo&quot; y se pierde si el empleado no lo usa al final de ese a\u00f1o.<\/p>\n<p>La legislaci\u00f3n de Merkley y Round garantizar\u00eda que, en lugar de desperdiciarse, este tiempo de licencia adicional vaya al banco de licencias de la agencia para que est\u00e9 disponible como licencia familiar o m\u00e9dica pagada para los empleados del Departamento de Defensa que m\u00e1s lo necesitan.<\/p>\n<p>Actualmente, a los trabajadores federales como grupo no se les garantiza ninguna licencia familiar o m\u00e9dica remunerada. La legislaci\u00f3n de Merkley-Rounds garantizar\u00eda que los trabajadores del Departamento de Defensa tengan m\u00e1s licencias pagadas disponibles durante estos momentos cr\u00edticos, mientras que todo el gobierno federal trabaja para encontrar una soluci\u00f3n a largo plazo que garantice la cobertura completa de licencias familiares y m\u00e9dicas para sus empleados.<\/p>\n<p>La legislaci\u00f3n de Merkley-Rounds cuenta con el respaldo de la Asociaci\u00f3n Nacional para Mujeres y Familias, la Federaci\u00f3n Estadounidense de Empleados Gubernamentales (AFGE) y el Sindicato Nacional de Empleados del Tesoro.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. &ndash; Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) today introduced bipartisan legislation to improve family and medical leave for Department of Defense (DoD) employees by simplifying and expanding the agency&rsquo;s leave bank. 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