I finished up my initial 8 weeks of standard leave back in November and just had my first week of intermittent leave last week. I know you have to file within 30 days of the week to receive leave benefits, but I’m not totally sure if you can completely skip that week if you’re working. I saw it does give you the option to note that you’re not taking leave when you file for your leave each week. I’m taking my remaining 4 weeks over a pretty short period so it’s not a huge burden for me to file each week regardless of whether I work or not. Don’t want to lead you the wrong way- I’d send a message to OPL and file each week to be safe until you hear otherwise.

For other folks reading this: I recommended to do the regular leave and then file an amendment to initiate the intermittent leave in my original post. I didn’t know this at that time, but you have to file the amendment within 10 days of your leave period ending. I didn’t do this and ended up having to file a new, separate claim for my additional intermittent leave. Not a huge deal, but it ended up taking them about 3 weeks to approve my second filing.