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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">December 20, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Department Benefits Representatives (DBRs)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Central HR Benefits Office on behalf of UC Office of the President<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">UC Leave Options Expand to Include Time Off for Reproductive Loss</span><span style="color:#1A475F"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">DBRs, please share this information with your department via your internal listserv.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">As part of UC’s commitment to supporting faculty and staff, effective January 1, 2024, UC’s leave options will expand
to provide eligible employees with up to five (5) days of protected leave following a reproductive loss.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">For more information, please see:
</span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"><a href="https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/2023/12/uc-leave-options-expand-to-include-time-off-for-reproductive-loss.html"><span style="color:#0070C0">UC
leave options expand to include time off for reproductive loss</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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