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43:44, PARENTING LEAVE <br />Eligible employees are entitled to take up to 6 weeks unpaid leave upon the birth or <br />adoption of a child in accordance with Minnesota law. To be eligible for such leave, an <br />employee must have been employed for at least 12 consecutive months immediately <br />preceding the requested leave and have been employed art least on a regular half-time <br />basis. <br />Parenting leave under this policy is available for eligible fathers and mothers. Requests <br />for parenting leave must be made in advance. In most circumstances, leave may not <br />begin more than 6 weeks after the actual birth or placement of the child. If the child <br />requires extended hospitalization after birth, the leave may begin within 6 weeks after the <br />child leaves the hospital. <br />43:45, SICK OR INJURED CHILD CARE LEAVE POLICY <br />Employees who have worked at least one-half time during the twelve months preceding a <br />leave are entitled to use accrued personal sick leave benefits for absences due to an <br />illness of or injury to the employee's minor child, or a child under 20 years of age <br />attending secondary school. <br />44~.¢, SCHOOL ACTIVITIES LEAVE POLICY <br />Employees who have worked at least one-half time during the proceeding twelve months <br />are entitled to up to 16 hours leave during any 12-month period to attend school <br />conferences or classroom activities related to the employee's child, provided the <br />conferences or classroom activities cannot be scheduled during non-work hours. If an <br />employee's child receives child care services or attends apre-kindergarten regular or <br />special education program, the employee may use the leave time to attend a conference, <br />or activity related to the employee's child, or to observe and monitor the services and <br />program, provided the conference, activity or observation cannot be scheduled during <br />non-work hours. <br />When the need for leave under this section is foreseeable, the employee must provide <br />reasonable prior notice of the leave to his or her immediate supervisor and make a <br />reasonable effort to schedule the leave so as not to unduly disrupt Utilities business. <br />4s~4Z. BONE MARROW AND ORGAN DONATION=P^~'N`"T~"'=^= LEAVE <br />Employees who work an average of twenty (20) or more hours per week who seek to <br />undergo a medical procedure to donate bone marrow or an organ or partial organ will be <br />granted up to forty (40) hours of paid leave. The Utilities may require verification by a <br />33 <br />nn,~~i ,~t,~ <br />Oc~~rZO!l <br />