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disability or other cause not the fault of the employee or is required by the proper authority to <br />continue in military or naval service beyond the fifteen -day paid leave of absence. Employees on <br />extended unpaid military leave will receive fifteen days s paid leave of absence in each calendar <br />year, not to exceed five years. Where possible, notice is to be provided to the city at least ten <br />working days in advance of the requested leave. A training notice, signed orders, or battle <br />assembly schedule are examples of typical written notification to share with the city. <br />If an employee has not yet used their fifteen days of paid leave when called to active duty, any <br />unused paid time will be allowed for the active -duty time, prior to the unpaid leave of absence. <br />Employees returning from military service will be reemployed in the job they would have attained <br />had they not been absent for military service and with the same seniority, status and pay, as well as <br />other rights and benefits determined by seniority. Unpaid military leave will be considered hours <br />worked for the purpose of vacation leave and sick leave accruals. <br />Eligibility for continuation of insurance coverage for employees on military leave beyond fifteen <br />days will follow the same procedures as for any employee on an unpaid leave of absence. <br />Military Leave for Family Members <br />The city will not discharge from employment or take adverse employment action against an <br />employee because an immediate family member is in the military forces of the United States or <br />Minnesota. <br />Nor will the city discharge from employment or take adverse employment action against an <br />employee because they attend departure or homecoming ceremonies for deploying or returning <br />personnel, family training or readiness events or events held as part of official military <br />reintegration programs. Employees may substitute paid leave if they choose to do so. <br />Unless the leave would unduly disrupt the operations of the city, employees whose immediate <br />family member, as a member of the United States armed forces has been ordered into active <br />service in support of a war or other national emergency, will be granted an unpaid leave of <br />absence, not to exceed one day's duration in any calendar year, to attend a send-off or homecoming <br />ceremony for the mobilized service member. <br />Military Leave for Family Member Injured or Killed in Active Service <br />Employees will be granted up to ten working days of unpaid leave whose immediate family <br />member (defined as a person's parent, child, grandparents, siblings or spouse) is a member of the <br />United States armed forces who has been injured or killed while engaged in active service. The 10 <br />days may be reduced if an employee elects to use appropriate accrued paid leave. <br />Civil Air Patrol <br />The city will grant employees an unpaid leave of absence for time spent serving as a member of the <br />Civil Air Patrol upon request and authority of the State or any of its political subdivisions, unless <br />the absence would unduly disrupt the operations of the city. . Employees may choose to use vacation <br />leave while on Civil Air Patrol Leave but are not required to do so. <br />491Page <br />