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. . . If an employee must be absent from work for any reason, other than approved time off, the employee must notify his/her immediate supervisor at least thirty (30) minutes prior to the start of his/her normal working hours. If an emergency prevents the employee from notifying his/her supervisor at such time, the employee must call his/her immediate supervisor as soon as possible during the workday. RESTBREA~EALBREAK Non-exempt full-time employees are given a paid rest break not to exceed fifteen (15) minutes away from job duties on one occasion during each four (4) hour work shift. Part-time employees will be given a paid rest break not to exceed fifteen (15) minutes during a work period of four hours. All employees scheduled to work six or more hours per shift are required to take a half-hour, unpaid meal break. Rest breaks cannot exceed fifteen minutes, including the time required to get to and from a rest break area. Employees may not purposely miss rest breaks in order to accumulate time to leave early at the end of the day; all rest breaks and meal breaks must be taken. EMPLOYMENT OF RELATIVES The City of Elk River does not restrict employment of more than one member of a family or persons related by blood or marriage, but does not show favoritism toward hiring relatives of employees. To avoid a conflict of interest, no City employee may take part in decisions to hire, fire, retain, promote, or determine the salary of his/her spouse, family member, or any other relative by blood or marriage. In addition, no City employee may be assigned responsibility for supervising and directing the work of his/her spouse, family member, or any other relative by blood or marriage. SUPPLEMENTAL EMPLOYMENT The City of Elk River does not restrict employees from engag10g 10 outside employment. However, the City expects regular full-time employees to consider City work their primary employment. No City employee may engage in outside employment that interferes with the performance of his/her duties with the City, that represents a conflict of interest, or that may influence or bias an employee's job related decision making ability. The City will not change an employee's work hours to facilitate the scheduling of any outside employment. If a supervisor believes an employee's outside employment is detrimental to the City and his/her position, the 7