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ESST leave may be granted by the employee's Department Head when the employee has <br />communicated the request to the supervisor, and is unable to perform work duties due to <br />reasons listed under Minnesota Statute § § 181.9447, as amended. <br />To be eligible for ESST leave with pay, an employee shall: <br />1) report as soon as possible to the employee's immediate supervisor the need to utilize <br />ESST leave; and <br />2) keep the employee's immediate supervisor informed of such employee's ability to <br />return to work. <br />Using or claiming ESST leave for a purpose not authorized Minnesota Statute §§ <br />181.9447, as amended shall be cause for disciplinary action. <br />For the purpose of accumulating additional ESST leave, an employee using earned <br />vacation leave, ESST, compensatory time off or paid holidays is considered to be <br />working. <br />Upon employee's termination of employment with the employer, thirty-three percent <br />(33%) of the employee's unused ESST balance shall be deposited into the employee's <br />Health Care Savings Plan after five (5) years of regular employment. Severance pay shall <br />not be available in any sum to an employee if that employee is discharged for just cause; <br />severance pay shall not be paid if an employee voluntarily terminates his or her <br />employment prior to five (5) years of regular employment service; or the employee <br />voluntarily terminates his or her employment without giving the employers fourteen (14) <br />days written notice. After ten (10) years of regular employment service, the employee <br />will receive forty-five percent (45%) of said employees unused, accumulated ESST <br />leave. After fifteen (15) years of regular employment service, the employee will receive <br />fifty percent (50%) of unused, accumulated ESST leave. <br />After five (5) years of regular employment, employees who submit a letter of resignation <br />at least three (3) months (90 calendar days) in advance of their last day worked, shall <br />receive an additional ten percent (10%) added to the applicable years of service tier. <br />Employee'sEmployees are allowed funeral leave up to 24 hours twice annually per <br />occurrence (a maximum of 48 hours annually) for a death in the immediate family. <br />Immediate family for this section is defined as spouse, parent, step-parent, children, step- <br />children, brother, sister, grandparents, grandchildren or a like member of Employee's <br />spouse's family. <br />That time is not chargeable against any accrued vacation, sick or compensatory time. <br />Hours must be taken within five (5) calendar days from start to finish per occurrence. <br />Additional funeral leave, in order to make arrangements for or attend funeral services <br />or a memorial, or address financial or legal matters that arise after the death of a <br />32 <br />