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related to the employee's child, or to observe and monitor the services and program, provided the conference, activity, or observation cannot be scheduled during non -work hours. When the need for leave under this section is foreseeable, the employee must provide reasonable prior notice of the leave to his or her immediate supervisor and make a reasonable effort to schedule the leave so as not to unduly disrupt city business. Employees may choose to use vacation leave for this absence but are not required to do so. Bone Marrow/Organ Donation Leave Employees who work an average of twenty (20) or more hours per week who seek to undergo a medical procedure to donate bone marrow or an organ or partial organ may take up to forty (40) hours of paid leave. The forty (40) hours is over and above the amount of accrued time the employee has earned. The city may require verification by a physician of the purpose and length of each leave requested by the employee. If a medical determination indicates the employee does not qualify as a donor, the paid leave is not forfeited. Military Leave State and federal laws provide protections and benefits to city employees who are called to military service, whether for training or on active duty. Such employees are entitled to a leave of absence without loss of pay, seniority status, efficiency rating, or benefits for the time the employee is engaged in training or active service not exceeding a total of 15 days in any calendar year. The leave of absence is only in the event the employee returns to employment with the city as required upon being relieved from service or is prevented from returning by physical or mental disability or other cause not the fault of the employee or is required by the proper authority to continue in military or naval service beyond the fifteen (15) day paid leave of absence. Employees on extended unpaid military leave will receive fifteen days paid leave of absence in each calendar year, not to exceed five years. Where possible, notice is to be provided to the city at least ten working days in advance of the requested leave. If an employee has not yet used his/her fifteen days of paid leave when called to active duty, any unused paid time will be allowed for the active -duty time, prior to the unpaid leave of absence. With few exceptions, employees returning from military service will be reemployed in the job that they would have attained had they not been absent for military service and with the same seniority, status and pay, as well as other rights and benefits determined by seniority. Unpaid military leave will be considered hours worked for the purpose of vacation leave and sick leave accruals. Eligibility for continuation of insurance coverage for employees on military leave beyond fifteen days will follow the same procedures as for any employee on an unpaid leave of absence. Employees will be granted up to ten working days of unpaid leave whose immediate family member is a member of the United States armed forces who has been injured or killed while engaged in active service. The 10 days may be reduced if an employee elects to use appropriate accrued paid leave. Unless the leave would unduly disrupt the operations of the city, employees whose immediate family member, as a member of the United States armed forces has been ordered into active service in support of a war or other national emergency, will be granted an unpaid leave of absence, not to exceed one day's duration in any calendar year, to attend a send-off or homecoming ceremony for the mobilized service member. 27