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47. PARENTING LEAVE Under the Minnesota Parental Leave Act, a Minnesota employee who has worked for the Utilities for at least 12 months and who has worked at least one-half(1/2)time during the twelve (12)months preceding a leave is entitled to take up to twelve (12)weeks of unpaid leave as follows: • An eligible biological or adoptive parent make take such leave for the birth or adoption of a child; and • An eligible female employee may take such leave for prenatal care or incapacity due to pregnancy, childbirth, or related health conditions. An employee requesting parental leave must give the Utilities at least thirty (30) days advance notice of the start and end dates of the requested leave, unless such notice is not possible due to legitimate unanticipated factors in which case as much notice as is possible should be given. For a leave for the birth or adoption of a child, the leave must begin within either 12 months of the birth or adoption or, if the child must remain in the hospital longer than the mother, within 12 months of the child leaving the hospital. Insurance benefits will continue during the leave, but the employee must pay his or her portion of the premiums during the leave and will be required to reimburse the Company for premiums paid by the Company during the leave if the employee does not return to work following the leave. If any employee is eligible for parental leave under both the FMLA and the MN Parental Leave Act,the parental leave time taken under the Company's FMLA leave policy will run concurrently with time taken under this policy. If you are eligible for both unpaid MN parental leave and any paid vacation or long-term disability insurance, you must use this paid time off or salary continuation benefit during any MN parental leave period up to the amount needed to cover the entire parenting leave. Following leave under this policy, an employee will be reinstated to his or her same job or one with comparable duties,hours, and pay. 48. MINNESOTA SICK FAMILY MEMBER OR SAFETY LEAVE A Minnesota employee who has worked for the Utilities for at least 12 months and who has worked at least one-half(1/2)time during the past twelve (12) months may use his or her accrued sick time to care for the employee's sick or injured child, stepchild, foster child, adopted child, adult child, spouse, sibling, parent, parent-in-law, stepparent, grandparent, or grandchild (including a biological, step, foster, or adopted grandchild) for reasonable times as the employee' s attendance may be necessary. This type of leave is referred to as a"Sick Family Member Leave". 35 August 2014 November 2015 102