Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73not60

§6329d Parental Bereavement Leave

Title 5 › Part III— EMPLOYEES › Subpart E— Attendance and Leave › Chapter 63— LEAVE › Subchapter II— OTHER PAID LEAVE › § 6329d

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

An employee gets 2 administrative workweeks of paid leave during any 12-month period if the employee’s son or daughter dies. The leave cannot be taken in pieces or on a reduced schedule unless the employee and the agency agree. If the need for leave can be predicted, the employee must give the agency reasonable and practical notice. "Employee" and "son or daughter": mean what section 6381 says. "Paid leave": time off that does not cut the employee’s pay, other legal leave entitlements, or credit for time or service.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §6329d

Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In this section—

(1)the terms “employee” and “son or daughter” have the meanings given those terms in section 6381; and

(2)the term “paid leave” means, with respect to an employee, leave without loss of or reduction in—

(A)pay;

(B)leave to which the employee is otherwise entitled under law; or

(C)credit for time or service.

(b)(1)Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), an employee shall be entitled to a total of 2 administrative workweeks of paid leave during any 12-month period because of the death of a son or daughter of the employee.

(2)Leave under paragraph (1) may not be taken by an employee intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule unless the employee and the employing agency of the employee agree otherwise.

(3)In any case in which the necessity for leave under this subsection is foreseeable, the employee shall provide the employing agency with such notice as is reasonable and practicable.

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Citation

5 U.S.C. § 6329d

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60