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documentation may include a written statement from the employee indicating that the employee is using, or used, Earned Sick and Safe Leave 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 Earned Sick and Safe leave to find a replacement worker to cover the hours the employee will be absent. e. Retaliation prohibited The city shall not discharge, discipline, penalize, interfere with, or otherwise retaliate or discriminate against an employee for asserting Earned Sick and Safe Leave rights, requesting an Earned Sick and Safe Leave absence, or pursuing remedies. Further, use of Earned Sick and Safe Leave 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 Earned Sick and Safe Leave. f. Benefits and return to work protections During an employee’s use of Earned Sick and Safe Leave, an employee will continue to receive the city’s employer insurance contribution as if they were working, and the employee will be responsible for any share of their insurance premiums. An employee returning from time off using accrued Earned Sick and Safe Leave 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 Earned Sick and Safe Leave absences will continue to accrue as if the employee has been continually employed. 3.0 Carry Over of PTO and Earned Sick and Safe Leave Full-time employees may carry over Personal Leave from year to year, but the total amount credited to any employee shall not exceed 520 hours at any time. Part-time, non-benefitted employees and volunteer firefighters are eligible for carry over accrued but unused Earned Sick and Safe time into the following year, but the total of Earned Sick and Safe Leave carry over hours shall not exceed 80 hours. 4.0 Separation of Employment Full-time employees leaving employment with the City shall be credited and paid for all Personal Leave then accumulated up to 520 hours. Personal Leave Pay shall be at the employee’s rate of pay on the last date of employment. Temporary, part-time, and on-call firefighter employees, upon separation of employment, will not be paid out for any previously accrued but not used ESST.