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GLP-13. Military Leaves (B) Under current law (M.s. 192.26 and 192.261) a city employee, as well as other public employees, is entitled to leave with full pay and accrual of seniority status and other benefits for all the time the employee is engaged in short-term (15 days or less) military service while receiving full military pay. Cities, particularly those which must hire part-time replacement employees when others take military leave, suffer a significant financial hardship not shared by private sector employers who are not required to provide short -teen paid military leaves. Public employees should only be required to pay the difference between the employees military pay and their regular wage for this 15 day period. Any longer leave period should be without pay and the accrual of seniority and other benefits should be suspended for military leaves beyond 30 days. Current law which provides for mandatory leaves and reinstatement after wars, declared emergencies, active duty training, and duty training should be charged to provide for mandatory leaves and zeinstatement- only after wars and declared emergencies. Employees should not be entitled to leave and be reinstated for active or inactive training duty. GLP-14 Workers' Compensation (C) Existing workers' compensation statutes create a presumption that heart and lung ailments of police and fire personnel arise from employment. However, personal risk factors, such as smoking, can be more significant in some cases than job -related factors. For this reason, the League supports limiting the presumption to cases where the employee can demonstrate limited personal risk factors. GLP 1- Modifications to the state Building Code (C) WO The League supports the current ability of non -metropolitan citiesl counties and towns to o t-out of the ins ection and enforcement responsibllltles mandated by the State Building Code. J - 30-