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64 12/2024 <br /> <br /> <br />If you are receiving MNPL benefits, the city allows you to supplement, or "top off," your MNPL benefits <br />with any accrued but unused paid leave. If you choose to supplement your MNPL benefits in this way, the <br />combined weekly sum of MNPL benefits and city-provided paid leave benefits cannot exceed your <br />Individual Average Weekly Wage (IAWW). For more information, contact Human Resources. <br /> <br />MAINTAINING HEALTH COVERAGE DURING LEAVE <br />Unless the employee revokes coverage while on MNPL, the city will continue to provide group health <br />insurance coverage for an employee on MNPL under the same conditions as the coverage was provided <br />before the employee took leave. You must continue to make timely payments of your share of the <br />premiums for such coverage. If you are not using paid time off to cover part or all of the leave, you will be <br />responsible for remitting your portion of health premiums to the city in order to ensure continuation of <br />benefits. <br /> <br />Group health insurance may be cancelled if an employee’s premium payment is 30 days late. Before <br />terminating coverage, the city will provide written notice to the employee at least 15 days before the <br />coverage is terminated listing the final date payment is due (30 days past the due date) to avoid <br />cancellation and the date coverage will end if payment is not received. <br /> <br />An employee's share of premium payments for their group health insurance coverage may, at the <br />employee's option, be: <br />1. prepaid at or before the start of the leave in which your health deductions may be modified to <br />accept the agreed upon amounts and cadence of premium deductions; <br />2. arranged to write a check every 2-4 weeks (depending on the agreement) for the duration that the <br />employee may be out; <br />3. Coverage that lapses due to nonpayment of premiums will be reinstated immediately upon return <br />to work without a waiting period. <br /> <br />REINSTATEMENT <br />Upon return from covered MNPL, you will be reinstated to your previous position or to an equivalent <br />position, with the same status, pay, employment benefits, length-of-service credit, and seniority credit as <br />of the date of leave as long as you have worked for the city for a minimum of 90 calendar days. <br /> <br />Upon return to work, if it becomes evident that the employee is unable to perform the key essential <br />functions of their position (with or without reasonable accommodation), the city may engage in an <br />interactive process, consistent with the American with Disability Act (ADA) and/or Minnesota Human <br />Rights Act (MHRA) and other applicable workplace policies, including workplace safety protocols, to <br />determine appropriate next steps. <br /> <br />RETALIATION <br />The city will not interfere or retaliate against employees who request or take leave in accordance with the <br />MN Paid Leave law. <br /> <br />Formatted: Font color: Text 1 <br />Formatted: Normal, No bullets or numbering <br />Formatted: Font: Bold