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<br /> <br />00059814-1 <br /> 33 <br />any of these courts shall receive pay for the time such service requires his or hertheir absence from work; <br />provided, however, that the City may require proof of the time such service was required and any moneys <br />received from jury service shall be turned into the City; provided, further, that the employee shall report to <br />work whenever a reasonable portion of the workday or shift remains for completion. Any employee required <br />to serve as a juror shall not have his or hertheir regular starting or quitting time changed as a result of being <br />called for jury service. <br /> <br />18.6 Parental Leave of Absence Without Pay <br /> <br /> 18.6.1 Parental leave of absence without pay shall be granted upon request to qualifying employees for <br />the purpose of parent-child bonding following the birth of a child or the placement of a child in the <br />employee’s family for adoption or foster care for a period of up to one (1) year. <br /> <br /> 18.6.2 Parental leave shall be granted when the following conditions have been met: <br /> <br /> 18.6.2.1 The employee shall notify his or hertheir immediate supervisor in writing no later <br />than ninety (90) days prior to the tentative date on which the leave is to begin. <br />Such notice shall include the tentative dates on which the leave shall begin and <br />end. <br /> <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 shethey intends to begin <br />the leave, and a notice of intention to return to work. <br /> <br /> 18.6.2.3 The Personnel Officer or his or hertheir 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 /> <br /> 18.6.3 The employee on leave shall be returned to his or hertheir original position. However, if that <br />original position has been eliminated, applicable layoff and reemployment rules shall apply. <br /> <br /> 18.6.4 A parental leave is granted without pay for the duration of leave. Where an employee has <br />accrued paid vacation, NAVL, compensatory time, or sick leave, that paid leave may be <br />substituted for all or part of any unpaid parental leave. The City may also require use of paid <br />accrued leave during parental leave in accordance with City policy and Family Medical Leave Act <br />(FMLA), California Family Rights Act (CFRA), and Pregnancy Disability Leave (PDL) regulations. <br /> <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 FMLA, CFRA or PDL shall be at the employee’s own <br />expense. <br /> <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 /> <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 fifty-two (52) workweeks during any twelve (12) month period. <br /> <br />18.7 Leave for Pregnancy Disability <br />6.I. - Page 47 of 119 <br />461