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Using or claiming ESST leave for a purpose not authorized Minnesota Statute 181.9447, as amended shall be cause for disciplinary action. For the purpose of accumulating additional ESST leave, an employee using earned vacation leave, ESST, compensatory time off or paid holidays is considered to be working. Upon employee's termination of employment with the employer thirty-three percent (33%) of the employee's unused ESST balance shall be deposited into the employee's Health Care Savings Plan after five (5) years of regular employment. Severance pay shall not be available in any sum to an employee if that employee is discharged for just cause; severance pay shall not be paid if an employee voluntarily terminates his or her employment prior to five (5) years of regular employment service; or the employee voluntarily terminates his or her employment without giving the employee fourteen (14) days written notice. After ten (10) years of regular employment service, the employee will receive forty-five percent (45%) of said employee unused, accumulated ESST leave. After fifteen (15) years of regular employment service, the employee will receive fifty percent (50%) of unused, accumulated ESST leave. After five (5) years of regular employment, employee who submit a letter of resignation at least three (3) months (90 calendar days) in advance of their last day worked, shall receive an additional ten percent (10%) added to the applicable years of service tier. Employee's are allowed funeral leave up to 24 hours twice annually per occurrence (a maximum of 48 hours annually) for a death in the immediate family. Immediate family for this section is defined as spouse, parent, step-parent, children, step -children, brother, sister, grandparents, grandchildren or a like member of Employee's spouse's family. That time is not chargeable against any accrued vacation, sick or compensatory time. Hours must be taken within five (5) calendar days from start to finish per occurrence. Additional funeral leave, in order to make arrangements for or attend funeral services or a memorial, or address financial or legal matters that arise after the death of a family member may be taken from employees earned sick and safe time accrual as available and as defined under Minnesota Statute 181.9445, as amended. This leave shall be deducted from employees the earned sick and safe accrual. If the need for funeral leave does not meet either the employer's funeral leave policy or state statute for earned sick and safe time, employees may request vacation or compensatory time off as the employee may choose and have available. All references to the post -employment healthcare savings plan are contingent upon the plan design in place at the time of disbursement. Every probationary and regular employee is entitled to accrue a combined total of traditional sick leave and earned sick and safe time (ESST) with pay at a rate of eight (8) hours for each calendar 331Page