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[quote=Anonymous]Has anyone here had a baby just shy of their 12-month mark at their job, and then you qualify for FMLA while you're already on leave?

My due date is 3 weeks before my 1-year anniversary at my employer. HR has been trying to figure out the answer to my question for weeks so in the meantime I'm trying to see if others experienced something similar. Basically I will qualify for DC Paid Family Leave to start after I give birth, and then I would become eligible for DC FMLA while on PFL. Assuming I don't lose my job while on PFL (since there's no job protection like there is for FMLA), and assuming I give birth on my due date (lol), would I essentially get 3 weeks (PFL) + 16 weeks (DC FMLA which overlaps with PFL for 5 weeks) = 19 weeks of leave? Or, once I become eligible for DC FMLA, would it retroactively count the previous 3 weeks towards the limit so that my entire leave doesn't exceed 16 weeks? Or would I not be allowed FMLA at all since the 12-month mark happens while on leave? (I don't think that last one is likely but my HR suggested it is a possibility and they were unsure on the spot because my situation is so "unusual"...). [/quote]

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