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32 221698v1 For the purpose of determining an employee’s vacation accrual rate, years of service will include all continuous time that the employee has worked at the city (including authorized unpaid leave). Employees who are rehired after terminating city employment will not receive credit for their prior service unless specifically negotiated at the time of hire. c. Earnings and Use Vacation leave may be used as it is earned, subject to approval by the employee’s supervisor. Unless approved by the City Administrator, vacation leave will not be earned during an unpaid leave of absence. An employee will not earn any vacation leave for any pay period unless he/she is employed by the city on the last scheduled workday of the pay period. Further, vacation leave will stop accruing as of the effective date of termination. Requests for vacation must be received at least forty-eight hours in advance of the requested time off. This notice may be waived at the discretion of the supervisor and city administrator. Vacation can be requested in increments as small as one hour up to the total amount of the accrued leave balance. Vacation leave is to be used only by the employee who accumulated it. It cannot be transferred to another employee. Employees will not be allowed to accrue more than 240 hours of vacation leave. Once an employee accrues 240 hours they will not accrue additional time unless the number of hours drops below 240. No vacation will be allowed to accrue in excess of this amount without the approval of the City Council. Vacation leave cannot be converted into cash payments except at termination. Section 11.03 Funeral Leave Employees will be permitted to use up to three (3) consecutive working days, with pay, as funeral leave upon the death of an immediate family member. This paid leave will not be deducted from the employee’s vacation or sick leave balance. The actual amount of time off, and funeral leave approved, will be determined by the supervisor or city administrator depending on individual circumstances (such as the closeness of the relative, arrangements to be made, distance to the funeral, etc.). Section 11.04A Military Leave State and federal laws provide protections and benefits to city employees who are called to military service, whether in the reserves or on active duty. Such employees are entitled to a leave of absence without loss of pay, seniority status, efficiency rating, or benefits for the time the employee is engaged in training or active service not exceeding a total of 15 workdays in any calendar year. City compensation is in addition to the military’s pay for these 15 days, as per MN Attorney General’s Opinion. The leave of absence is only in the event the employee returns to employment with the city as required upon being relieved from service or is prevented from returning by physical or mental disability or other cause not the fault of the employee or is required by the proper authority to continue in military or naval service beyond the fifteen-day paid leave of absence. Employees on extended unpaid military leave will receive fifteen days paid leave of absence in each calendar year, not to exceed five years.