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industrial disability leave without loss of compensation for the period of such disability to a maximum of one (1) year, or until retirement, whichever occurs first. During the period the employee is paid by the City, the employee shall assign or endorse to the City any salary replacement benefit payments received as a result of workers' compensation insurance coverage. The City reserves the right to withhold payment of any disability benefits until such time as it is determined whether or not the illness or injury is covered by workers' compensation. g. Bereavement Leave — In the event of a death in the immediate family member of an employee in the Executive Management Group that employee, upon request, shall be granted such time off with pay as is necessary to make arrangements for and/or attend the funeral not to exceed three (3) regularly scheduled working days or four (4) days in the event the funeral is 300 or more miles from the City. For bereavement leave, immediate family shall be restricted to father, mother, brother, sister, spouse, domestic partner, child, half-brother, half-sister, stepbrother, stepsister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, and stepfather, stepmother, stepchild in those cases where direct child rearing -parental relationship may be demonstrated to have existed. h. Military Leave - The provisions of 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. i. Parental Leave of Absence Without Pay - Qualifying employees shall be granted upon request a leave of absence without pay for the purpose of parent- child bonding following the birth of a child or the placement of a child in the employee's family for adoption or foster care for a period of up to one (1) year. The employee on leave shall be returned to his/her original position or if that position is not in existence, to an equivalent position within his/her classification. A parental leave is granted without pay for the duration of leave. Where an employee has accrued paid vacation, NAVL, compensatory time, or sick leave, that paid leave may be substituted for all or part of any unpaid parental leave. The City may also require use of paid accrued leave during parental leave in accordance with City policy and Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), California Family Rights Act (CFRA), and Pregnancy Disability Leave (PDL) regulations. 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 FMLA, CFRA or PDL shall be at the employee's own expense. 8