Federal Employment: H.R. 4361, Federal Employees Family Friendly Leave
Act (Testimony, 05/18/94, GAO/T-GGD-94-152).

H.R. 4361, the "Federal Employees Family Friendly Leave Act," would
allow family members who are federal workers to share annual leave and
would allow employees to use their sick leave to help care for sick
family members.  GAO testified that experimentation with both of these
changes is appropriate in that they will help make the government a more
"family friendly" employer.  GAO does not believe that the changes will
be costly, but it does urge that the cost issue be examined carefully
during the three-year experiment.  The federal government lags behind
nonfederal employers in helping workers balance employment and personal
needs.  Significant demographic changes in the workforce, such as the
surge in the number of working women and two-earner households, have
prompted many employers to redesign their human resource policies and
programs.  These employers find that family friendly programs can be
beneficial to the company as well as to the employee because of the
savings resulting from productivity gains and the enhanced recruitment
and retention of quality workers.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-GGD-94-152
     TITLE:  Federal Employment: H.R. 4361, Federal Employees Family 
             Friendly Leave Act
      DATE:  05/18/94
   SUBJECT:  Personnel management
             Federal employees
             Fringe benefits
             Annual leave
             Sick leave
             Families
             Retirement benefits
             Cost analysis
             Proposed legislation
             Flexible work schedules
IDENTIFIER:  Federal Employees Family Friendly Leave Act
             Civil Service Retirement System
             Federal Employees Retirement System
             
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