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What I don't understand in my agency's FAQs is why a person would declare FMLA and use annual leave simultaneously. Just use the annual leave, as if it's vacation time. There's no requirement to declare FMLA if you're burning annual leave days.

The guidance really disadvantages people who "declared" FMLA within the period May 2019 to May 2020. My DW really wanted me to use unpaid FMLA leave, but now in hindsight we are happy I did not. I'll get to spend most of the summer 2020 off of work and bonding with my kid. [/quote]

FMLA while in annual leave paid status invokes job protection. Even if you have the accrued leave, without invoking FMLA your position could potentially be eliminated or you could be reassigned. It might be agency culture/policy to allow sequential PPL or STD and FMLA, but *legally* your supervisor doesn't have to honor the protections in FMLA if you haven't invoked it. There may be separate union agreements, etc, that extend OPM policy, of course.[/quote]

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