For the 2020 calendar year, the Open Enrollment period for adjusting employee benefits runs from November 11, 2019 through December 9, 2019. Employees may be granted up to two hours of administrative leave to attend any one of the health benefits fairs scheduled during the open enrollment period.

Subject to supervisory approval, employees may be granted no more than two hours of administrative leave to attend one of the health benefits fairs occurring throughout the District government during the open enrollment period. If an employee requires more than two hours of leave, the employee must request and be approved for annual leave, leave without pay, compensatory time off, or exempt time off, as appropriate.

The following table summarizes the dates, times, and locations of health benefits fairs available to employees during the 2019 open enrollment period.[1]

For more information, visit https://dchr.dc.gov/page/open-enrollment-benefits-fairs.

1. D.C. Code § 1-612.01(e), Hours of work; and
2. 6-B DCMR § 1266, Administrative Leave.

The provisions of this issuance apply to agencies under the Mayor’s personnel authority and those independent agencies that choose to adopt these provisions.

For additional information concerning this issuance, please contact the Department of Human Resources, Benefits and Retirement Administration, by calling (202) 442-7627 or by sending an e-mail to [email protected].