Benefits Handbook Links - Updated February 2023

Requesting Paid Leave. Following the occurrence of a qualifying leave event, you may file a claim for paid leave benefits with the OPFL via http://dcpaidfamilyleave.dc.gov within 30 calendar days of the qualifying leave event, unless you are unable to apply due to exigent circumstances. Exigent circumstances exist when you lack the physical or mental capacity to file a claim, you are unable to reasonably access the means to file a claim, or Venable fails to provide you with notice of your right to file a claim. If your need for UPLA leave is foreseeable, you must provide your supervisor written notice at least 10 business days in advance of the paid leave. If the need for UPLA leave is unforeseeable, you must provide written notice, or oral notice in exigent circumstances, before the start of the day when you intend to take the leave. In case of an emergency, you or someone on your behalf must provide written notice, or oral notice in exigent circumstances, to your supervisor, within 48 hours after the emergency occurs. You or someone on your behalf must supplement any oral notice with written notice of the need for leave as soon as practicable.

The notice must include:  the type of qualifying leave requested;  the expected duration of the leave;  the expected start and end dates of the leave taken; and

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