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20.3 Bereavement Leave 20.3.1 In the event of a death in the immediate family of an employee of the City, that employee shall, upon request, be granted such time off with pay, not to exceed three (3) regularly scheduled working days or four (4) days in the event the funeral is three hundred (300) or more miles from the City. Use of up to one (1) work day of personal business leave, vacation, or compensatory leave shall be approved upon request to consecutively supplement bereavement leave in the event the funeral is three hundred (300) or more miles from the City. Use of additional personal business leave, vacation, or compensatory leave may be approved by the Department Head. 20.3.2 For the purpose of this provision, the immediate family shall be restricted to father, mother, brother, sister, spouse, registered domestic partner, child, half-brother, half-sister, step brother, step sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, and stepfather, stepmother, stepchild, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, and any close relative residing in the home of the employee.. 20.3.3 In the event of the death of an active City employee, the City will excuse (without loss of pay) those employees who wish to attend the locally conducted funeral only to the extent it does not interfere with the operation of the City. 20.4 Military Leave The provisions of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) and the Military and Veterans Code of the State of California shall govern the granting of military leaves of absence and the rights of employees returning from such leaves. 20.5 Parental Leave of Absence Without Pay 20.5.1 An employee shall be granted a leave of absence without pay to fulfill parenting responsibilities for up to one (1) year following the child's birth or one (1) year following the filing of application for adoption and actual arrival of a child in the home, subject to the approval of the Department Head and the Personnel Officer. 20.5.2 Following parental leave, the employee on leave shall be returned to his/her original position. However, if that position has been eliminated, applicable layoff and reemployment rules shall apply. 20.5.3 While on parental leave, an employee must exhaust his or her accrued leave, including accrued vacation and compensatory time off, not including sick leave. Upon exhaustion of paid leave, the employee will remain in unpaid status for the remainder of the parental leave. The employee may elect to continue medical and dental insurance coverage for up to one (1) year during this leave. Medical and dental insurance coverage during any portion of parental leave that does not run concurrently with Pregnancy Disability Leave, Family Medical Leave Act leave, California Family Rights Act leave shall be at the employee's own expense for the period the employee is on approved, unpaid, non -statutory leave. 20.5.4 Parental leave provided by this MOU shall run concurrently with Pregnancy Disability Leave (PDL), the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the California Family Rights Act (CFRA) bonding Leave. 38