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service are defined as the number of hours actually worked and do not include other paid or unpaid leave taken by the employee during the previous 12 month period. Parental leave may be available for employees who work less than 1,250 pursuant to the Minnesota • Parenting Leave Act. Insurance Continuation Except where otherwise provided below, the City,will continue to make.group health insurance available to eligible employee during an approved Family and Medical heave of Absence. This means the City will continue to pay its portion of the applicable premiums for the employee and his/her dependents during the time of leave. The employee is still responsible to continue payment of the employee's portion of the health, life and/or dental premiums. For without compensation of 30 days of less, the City will continue to pay its normal premium, contribution or as policy allows. If a Family and Medical Leave of absence extends beyond the approved period,the employee becomes responsible for the full amount of the group health insurance premiums with,rye,F payment from the City. In the event an employee elects not to return to work upon coop, Y, an approved Family and Medical Leave of Absence, the City may recover from the employee the cost of any payments made to maintain the employee's insurance coverage, unless the failure to return to work was for reasons beyond the employee's control. If an employee is laid off dufr g the Family and Medical Leave Absence and employment is terminated, the City's responsibility to maintain group health insurance ceases at the time of the layoff. • Status of Benefits The employee will not accrue benefits such as vacation leave, sick leave or holiday pay while on unpaid Family and Medical Leave of Absence. Employee's using a combination of paid and unpaid leave, or intermittent unpaid leave, will accrue benefits on a pro-rated basis. Employees using paid leave will continue to accrue benefits. Step increases will be extended by the length of the leave. Employees on intermittent leave will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis with regard to extending the length of the step increases. Use of Vacation, Sick Leave and Holiday Pay An employee can elect, or the employer can require, an employee to substitute accrued paid vacation leave, or sick leave for any part of an employee's family or medical leave. If paid leave is less than 12 work weeks, the additional weeks of leave necessary to amount to 12 weeks can be provided without pay. Employee's may choose to use accrued vacation leave while on any Family and Medical Leave but will not be required to do so by the City. Those employees with accrued sick leave may choose to substitute sick leave in place of vacation leave, if the request qualifies for sick leave usage, or they may choose to supplement • their leave with sick hours after their vacation leave has been depleted.