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6 City of Little Canada Personnel Policy • Closure of the employee’s place of business due to weather or public emergency or employee’s need to care for a family member whose school or place of care has closed due to weather or public emergency • Employee’s inability to work or telework because the employee is prohibited from working by the employer due to health concerns related to transmission of a communicable illness related to a public emergency • Employee’s inability to work or telework because the employee is seeking or awaiting the results of a diagnostic test for, or medical diagnosis of, a communicable disease or the employee’s employer has requested a test or diagnosis • When it has been determined by the health authorities or a health care professional that the presence of the employee or family member in the community would jeopardize the health of others because of the exposure of the employee or family member to a communicable disease, whether or not the employee or family member has actually contracted the disease Definition of family member under ESST as defined in Minnesota Statute 181.9445, subd. 7: • Child, foster child, adult child, legal ward, child for whom the employee is legal guardian, or child to whom the employee stands or stood in loco parentis • Spouse or registered domestic partner • Sibling, stepsibling or foster sibling • Biological, adoptive or foster parent; stepparent, or a person who stood in loco parentis when the employee was a minor child • Grandchild, foster grandchild or step-grandchild • Grandparent or step-grandparent • A child of a sibling of the employee • A sibling of the parents of the employee • A child-in-law or sibling-in-law • Any of the family members listed above of a spouse or registered domestic partner • Any other individual related by blood or whose close association with the employee is equivalent of a family relationship • Up to one individual annually designated by the employee Eligibility PTO/ESST and ESST accrual for each eligible employee shall begin on the date of policy inception, employment with the City, or if a change of status creates eligibility on the date the employee becomes eligible. All regular, full-time employees will earn full PTO/ESST benefits. Regular part-time employees are eligible for PTO/ESST provided they work 20 or more hours per week. These employees shall accrue PTO/ESST pro-rated according to the accrual percentage of full- time equivalency status. For example, an employee with a half-time schedule (20 hours per week) would earn PTO/ESST at a rate of 50% of full-time employees.