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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. 61. 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, as an election judge. 62.PAID LEAVE DONATION 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 major or catastrophic life event in the form of a medical emergency, loss of a family member, or other extraordinary circumstance (subject to management approval) 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. absent from the workplace that is supported by documentation from a health care provider. 3.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. 51 April 2021 126