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<br /> <br /> 67 <br />June 2025 <br />236096v1 <br />will be granted. In no event will General Leave be granted for longer than ninety (90) days, <br />unless special approval is received from the General Manager. <br /> <br />Vacation and sick leave will not accrue during a General Leave. Further, the employee on <br />General Leave will not be eligible for holiday pay during the leave. The Utilities will not <br />contribute to the cost of insurance premiums for an employee on General Leave. <br /> <br />Employees are expected to return from General Leave when the reason for the leave <br />expires. Employees who take a General Leave have no right to reinstatement. <br /> <br /> <br />64. VOTING LEAVE; SERVICE AS ELECTION JUDGE <br /> <br />Under Minnesota Statutes Section 204C.04, employees who are eligible to vote in an <br />election to fill a vacancy in the office of United States Senator, United States <br />Representative, State Senator or State Representative, or a presidential primary have the <br />right to be absent from work for the time necessary to vote and return to work on the day <br />of that election without penalty or deduction from salary or wages because of the absence. <br />The Utilities will not abridge or interfere with this right. <br /> <br />The Utilities will provide an employee with paid time off to serve as an election judge, <br />provided that the employee gives the Utilities at least 20 days’ advance written notice. The <br />Utilities will reduce the employee’s pay by the amount the employee is paid to serve as an <br />election judge. <br /> <br /> <br />65. PAID LEAVE DONATION <br /> <br />With the written consent of the Utilities’ General Manager, employees wishing to do so <br />may voluntarily donate accrued paid leave time that is presently available for use by the <br />donor employee to a co-worker who is experiencing a major or catastrophic life event in <br />the form of a medical emergency, loss of a family member, or other extraordinary <br />circumstance (subject to management approval) necessitating time off from work for which <br />the receiving employee has insufficient paid time off available. Examples of such a life <br />event include, but are not limited to, a heart attack, stroke, organ transplant, or other <br />medical condition of the employee or a family member for whose care the employee bears <br />substantial responsibility. <br /> <br />An employee will be eligible to receive and use donated paid leave only if the following <br />conditions are satisfied: <br /> <br />1. The receiving employee must submit a request for paid leave donation in the form <br />prescribed by the Utilities. <br /> <br />134