More than 40,000 petitions have been sent to Congress supporting the Farley-Kluger Initiative, to expand the current Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 to include ‘loss of a child’ as a qualified condition. (www.FarleyKluger.com).
It is our opinion that the death of a child is one of the worst experiences that anyone can endure. We find it unacceptable that the death of a child is not included as a protected reason to qualify for the benefits that are set forth in the Act.
Senator Jon Tester (MT) introduced The Parental Bereavement Act of 2011 inspired by The Farley-Kluger Initiative and co-sponsored by five U.S. Senators, including Sens. Durbin, McCaskill and Brown (OH).
The Farley-Kluger Initiative is named after Katie and Noah Farley and Erica Kluger.