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The Oklahoma Senate has approved legislation granting six weeks of paid maternity leave for full-time female state employees.
The author of the bill, Republican State Senator Jessica Garvin, said the bill is a good way to retain state workers. Employee turnover is estimated to cost Oklahoma 110 million dollars each year.
“When we are able to hire, recruit and retain high-quality employees in state agencies, that helps with government efficiency," Garvin said.
The state of Oklahoma has almost 19,000 female employees, and just under 13,000 are of childbearing age.
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