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Page 30 If an employee has not yet used his/her fifteen days of paid leave when called to active duty, any unused paid time will be allowed for the active-duty time, prior to the unpaid leave of absence. Employees returning from military service will be reemployed in the job they would have attained had they not been absent for military service and with the same seniority, status and pay, as well as other rights and benefits determined by seniority. Unpaid military leave will be considered hours worked for the purpose of Vacation Leave and Sick Leave/ESST and PTO/ESST accruals. Eligibility for continuation of insurance coverage for employees on military leave beyond fifteen days will follow the same procedures as for any employee on an unpaid leave of absence. A. Military Leave for Family Members The city will not discharge from employment or take adverse employment action against an employee because an immediate family member is in the military forces of the United States or Minnesota. Nor will the city discharge from employment or take adverse employment action against an employee because they attend departure or homecoming ceremonies for deploying or returning personnel, family training or readiness events or events held as part of official military reintegration programs. Employees may substitute paid leave if they choose to do so. Unless the leave would unduly disrupt the operations of the city, employees whose immediate family member, as a member of the United States armed forces has been ordered into active service in support of a war or other national emergency, will be granted an unpaid leave of absence, not to exceed one day’s duration in any calendar year, to attend a send-off or homecoming ceremony for the mobilized service member. B. Military Leave for Family Member Injured or Killed in Active Service Employees will be granted up to ten working days of unpaid leave whose immediate family member (defined as a person’s parent, child, grandparents, siblings or spouse) is a member of the United States armed forces who has been injured or killed while engaged in active service. The 10 days may be reduced if an employee elects to use appropriate accrued paid leave. 6.9 Time off to Vote Employees who are eligible to vote in an election have the right to be absent from work for the time necessary to appear at the employee’s polling place, cast a ballot, and return to work on the day of that election without penalty or a wage deduction. Time off to Vote includes time off to cast an early or absentee ballot in the employee’s registered polling location. Page 91 of 166