Benefits Handbook Links - Updated February 2023

If you work a regular work schedule of 20 or more hours per week, you are eligible for Paid Family Leave after 26 consecutive weeks of employment. If you work a regular work schedule of less than 20 hours per week, you are eligible for Paid Family Leave after 175 days worked. In 2020, you can take up to ten weeks of Paid Family Leave within a 52-week period and will receive 60% of your average weekly wage, capped at 60% of the New York State Average Weekly Wage. This benefit may be adjusted on an annual basis. For the most up to date benefit information, please refer to the New York Paid Family Leave resource website at https://www.ny.gov/sites/ny.gov/files/atoms/files/1711-PFL-271SFormFill.pdf. You must take Paid Family Leave in no less than one-day increments and the leave may be taken on an intermittent basis. This leave will run concurrently with leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) if the leave reason and eligibility qualify for both. When PFL is concurrent with FMLA, you are required to exhaust paid time off concurrently with any Paid Family Leave. If not concurrent, you have a choice to use paid time off. This leave may be covered under other leave policies available to Venable employees. Venable prohibits employees from engaging in other work as either an employee or an independent contractor while on Paid Family Leave. While you are on Paid Family Leave, the Firm will continue your health coverage during the leave period at the same level and under the same conditions as if you had continued to work. You will, however, be required to continue to pay your portion of the premiums for coverage, as well as any contributions to the medical flexible spending account, should you wish to keep such coverage in effect. Should you fail to return to work after the

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