Klobuchar changes family leave policy after critical report

Published February 23, 2019 3:28am ET



Sen. Amy Klobuchar has changed a policy that required staffers who took up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave to remain employed in her Senate office for three times as many weeks once they returned to work, or pay back their salary.

If an employee left after returning from maternity or paternity leave, they would be required to pay back what they were paid while they were on leave, the New York Times reported Friday.

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