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6.3.E. - Page 45 <br />18.6 Parental Leave of Absence Without Pay <br />18.6.1 Parental leave of absence without pay shall be granted upon request to non -disabled, qualifying <br />employees for the purpose of parent-child bonding following the birth of a child or the placement <br />of a child in the employee's family for adoption or foster care for a period of up to one (1) year. <br />18.6.2 Parental leave shall be granted when the following conditions have been met: <br />18.6.2.1 The employee shall notify his or her immediate supervisor in writing no later than <br />ninety (90) days prior to the tentative date on which the leave is to begin. Such <br />notice shall include the tentative dates on which the leave shall begin and end. <br />18.6.2.2 Within thirty (30) days of the beginning of the parental leave, the employee shall <br />submit to the Personnel Officer the specific date he or she intends to begin the <br />leave, and a notice of intention to return to work. <br />18.6.2.3 The Personnel Officer or his or her designee may designate the specific <br />beginning and ending dates within the pay period requested by the employee to <br />meet the needs of the employee and the City. <br />18.6.3 The employee on leave shall be returned to his or her original position. If that original position <br />has been eliminated, applicable layoff and reemployment rules shall apply. <br />18.6.4 A parental leave, absent physical disability, is granted without pay for the duration of leave. <br />Where an employee has accrued paid vacation, NAVL, compensatory time, or sick leave, that <br />paid leave may be substituted for all or part of any unpaid parental leave. The City may also <br />require use of paid accrued leave during parental leave in accordance with City policy and <br />FMLAICFRA regulations. <br />18.6.5 The employee may elect to continue medical and dental insurance coverage for up to one (1) <br />year during this leave. Medical and dental insurance coverage during any portion of parental <br />leave that does not run concurrently with California Family Rights Act Leave shall be at the <br />employee's own expense. <br />18.6.6 The foregoing Parental Leave provision shall be subject to applicable federal and state law. <br />Pregnancy Disability Leave, Family Medical Leave and California Family Rights Act Leave will <br />run concurrently with Parental Leave as permitted by law. <br />18.6.7 In any case in which two employees of the City are entitled to parental leave for the same child, <br />the aggregate number of workweeks of parental leave to which both may be entitled shall be <br />limited to 52 workweeks during any 12 -month period. <br />18.7 Leave for Pregnancy Disability <br />18.7.1 In accordance with the California Fair Employment and Housing Act and City policy, employees <br />are entitled to pregnancy disability leave. <br />18.8 Bereavement Leave <br />22 <br />