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57. BONE MARROW AND 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 will be granted up to forty (40) hours of paid leave. Regular sick leave need not be used when this Bone Marrow and Organ Donation Leave policy is applicable to the circumstances. The Utilities may require verification by a health care provider of the purpose and length of each leave requested by the employee pursuant to this policy. 58. NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE LEAVE Any officer or employee of the Utilities who is a member of the National Guard or other reserve unit is entitled to a leave of absence from public office or employment without loss of pay, seniority status, efficiency rating, vacation leave, sick leave, or other benefits for the time that he/she is engaged with the reserve in training or active service so long as such leave does not exceed a total of fifteen (15) days in any calendar year. Such leave will be allowed only in cases where the required military or naval service is satisfactorily performed. Such leave will not be allowed unless the officer or employee: • Returns to the public position immediately on being relieved from such military or naval service and not later than the expiration of the time herein limited for such leave; or • Is prevented from returning to Utilities employment by physical or mental disability or other cause not due to the officer’s or employee’s own fault; or • Is required by proper authority to continue in such military or naval service beyond the time herein limited for such leave. 59. MILITARY LEAVE FOR UNIFORMED SERVICE Except as provided otherwise in the National Guard and Reserve Leave Policy above, employees who are members of, apply to perform, or have an obligation to perform service in a uniformed service will be granted an unpaid leave of absence to perform such service. Military leave requests shall be made to the immediate supervisor. The term “uniformed service” means the Armed Forces, the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard when engaged in active duty, active duty for training, initial active duty for training, inactive duty training, full-time National Guard duty, the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, and any other category of persons designated by the President in time of war or emergency. As soon as an employee is informed of the dates of the military training, he or she should notify his or her supervisor and request a leave of absence, even if he or she has not yet received written orders. 143