5.4. ERMUSR 04-09-2013 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

5&54. GENERAL LEAVE The Utilities recognizes that circumstances of a unique personal nature may cause an employee to seek time off without pay. The Utilities may, at its sole discretion, grant unpaid personal leaves of absence to employees ("General Leave"). Approval is required of the employee's immediate supervisor and the Utilities' Director of OperationsGeneral Manager before General Leave will be granted. In no event will General Leave be granted for longer than ninety (90) days, unless special approval is received from the Utilities' Director of OperationsGeneral Manager. Vacation and sick leave will not accrue during a General Leave. Further, the employee on General Leave will not be eligible for holiday pay during the leave. The Utilities will not contribute to the cost of insurance premiums for an employee on General Leave. Employees are expected to return from General Leave when the reason for the leave expires. Employees who take a General Leave have no right to reinstatement. 54:51 VOTING LEAVE; SERVICE AS ELECTION JUDGE Under Minnesota Statutes Section 204C.04, employees who are eligible to vote in an election to fill a vacancy in the office of United States Senator, United States Representative, State Senator or State Representative, or a presidential primary have the right to be absent from work for the time necessary to vote and return to work on the day of that election without penalty or deduction from salary or wages because of the absence. The Utilities will not abridge or interfere with this right. The Utilities will provide an employee with paid time off to serve as an election judge, provided that the employee gives the Utilities at least 20 days' advance written notice. The Utilities will reduce the employee's pay by the amount the employee is paid to serve as an election judge. GP:3389404 v-4 38 October 2011 an!2013