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• 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 parent of the employee or • A child-in-law or sibling-in-law • Any of the above family members of a spouse or registered domestic partner • Any other individual related by blood or whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship • Up to one individual annually designated by the employee 7. Advance Notice for use of ESST If the need for ESST is foreseeable, the City requests seven (7) days' advance notice. However, if the need is unforeseeable, employees must provide notice of the need for ESST as soon as practicable. When an employee uses ESST for more than three(3) consecutive days,the City may require appropriate supporting documentation(such as medical documentation supporting medical leave, court records or related documentation to support safety leave). However, if the employee or employee's family member did not receive services from a health care professional, or if documentation cannot be obtained from a health care professional in a reasonable time or without added expense,then reasonable documentation may include a written statement from the employee indicating that the employee is using, or used, ESST for a qualifying purpose. The City will not require an employee to disclose details related to domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking or the details of the employee's or the employee's family member's medical condition. In accordance with state law, the City will not require an employee using ESST to find a replacement worker to cover the hours the employee will be absent. 8. Retaliation prohibited The City shall not discharge, discipline, penalize, interfere with, or otherwise retaliate or discriminate against an employee for asserting ESST rights, requesting an ESST absence, or pursuing remedies. Further, the use of ESST will not be factored into any attendance point system the City may use. Additionally, it is unlawful to report or threaten to report a person or a family member's immigration status for exercising a right under the ESST law. 9. Benefits and return to work protections An employee returning from time off using ESST is entitled to return to their City employment at the same rate of pay received when their leave began,plus any automatic pay adjustments that may have occurred during the employee's time off. Seniority during ESST absences will continue to accrue as if the employee has been continually employed. When there is a separation from employment with the City and the employee is rehired again within 180 days of separation, previously accrued ESST that had not been used will be reinstated. An employee is entitled to accrue ESST at the commencement of reemployment and begin using ESST after 80 hours of employment. 3