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employee to meet the needs of the employee and the City. <br /> The employee on leave shall be returned to her original position or if <br /> that position is not in existence, to an equivalent position within her <br /> classification. <br /> A maternity leave, absent physical disability, is granted without pay <br /> for the duration of leave. The employee may elect to continue medical <br /> and dental insurance coverage for up to one (1) year during this leave <br /> at her own expense. <br /> Leave for Pregnancy Disability - Employees who are working are entitled <br /> to use personal illness and injury leave for disabilities caused or <br /> contributed to by pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth, and recovery <br /> therefrom on the same terms and conditions governing leaves of absence <br /> for other illness or medical disability. Such leave shall not be used <br /> for child care, child rearing, or preparation for childbearing, but <br /> shall be limited to those disabilities as set forth above. The length <br /> of such disability leave, including the date on which the leave shall <br /> commence and the date on which the duties are to be resumed, shall be <br /> determined by the employee and the employee' s physician; however, the <br /> Personnel Officer may require a verification of the extent of <br /> disability through a physical examination of the employee by a <br /> physician appointed by the City at the City' s expense. <br /> Employees are entitled to leave without pay or other benefits for <br /> disabilities because of pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth, or recovery <br /> therefrom when sick leave has been exhausted. The date on which the <br /> employee shall resume duties shall be determined by the employee on <br /> leave and the employee' s physician; however, the Personnel Office may <br /> require a verification of the extent of disability through a physical <br /> examination of the employee by a physician appointed by the City. <br /> The employee on leave shall be returned to her original position or if <br /> that position is not in existence to an equivalent position within her <br /> classification. <br /> Court Appearance Leave - Leave for court appearance shall be granted by <br /> the City for court appearance on behalf of the City with no loss of <br /> salary. <br /> Jury Duty - Any employee whose name shall be selected from the list of <br /> trial jurors to serve as a juror in a civil or criminal action pending <br /> in a Superior, Municipal , or Justice Court of the State of California, <br /> or any Federal court convening in the State of California, or any <br /> employee required to report for the selection of a jury in any of these <br /> courts shall receive pay for the time such service requires his absence <br /> from work; provided, however, that the City may require proof of the <br /> time such service was required and any monies received from jury <br /> service shall be deducted from the pay; provided, further, that the <br /> employee shall report to work whenever a reasonable portion of the <br /> workday or shift remains for completion. Any employee required to <br /> serve as a juror shall not have his/her regular starting or quitting <br /> time changed as a result of being called for jury service. <br /> 10 <br />