The House of Representatives passed an annual defense authorization bill on Wednesday with a provision that provides all federal workers with 12 weeks of paid parental leave for the first time in ...

Senior-level civilian Defense Department employees ... on equal footing with the Senior Executive Service carryover ceiling for annual leave," said Mike Orenstein, an OPM spokesman.

the Defense Department said in a news release. The new policy is effective as of Wednesday, and will retroactively apply to service members who were on maternity convalescent leave or caregiver ...

can hold onto a maximum of 90 days of earned leave, if provided with written authorization from the first general officer in their chain of command, the Defense Department said Friday. Service ...