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58. 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. 59. PAID LEAVE DONATION With the written consent of the Utilities's General Manager or Finance and Office Manager, employees wishing to do so may voluntarily donate accrued paid leave time that is presently available for use as sick leave by the donor employee to a co-worker who is experiencing a medical emergency in the form of a major or catastrophic life event necessitating time off from work for which the receiving employee has insufficient paid time off available. Examples of such a life event include, but are not limited to, a heart attack, stroke, organ transplant, or other medical condition of the employee or a family member for whose care the employee bears substantial responsibility. An employee will be eligible to receive and use donated paid leave only if the following conditions are satisfied: 1. The receiving employee must submit a request for paid leave donation in the form prescribed by the Utilities. 2. The receiving employee's request for leave must be based on medical need to be absent from the workplace that is supported by documentation from a health care provider. 3. There is a reasonable expectation based on a treating provider's documentation that the receiving employee will return to work within a reasonable time following any leave of absence unless the employee qualifies for long term disability insurance benefits. 4. The receiving employee is currently eligible to accrue sick leave under the Utilities's policies. 5. The receiving employee has exhausted all of the employee's own paid leave time including all sick, vacation, compensatory, and other paid time. 47 March 2017 September 2018 94