35 Leave must be requested twenty (20) days in advance. Health, Dental and Life insurance benefits will be continued and the employee will not be required to pay more than the stated employee share of any premium. Temporary Military does not accumulate from year to year and is not paid at termination of employment. Section 8. Unpaid Leaves of Absence EDUCATIONAL LEAVE An employee who has at least five (5) years of continuous service with the City may be granted an unpaid Educational Leave, not to exceed one full year to pursue full-time career training or academic education which is directly related to the work the employee is performing for the City and which will improve the employee's ability to contribute to the success of the City. Such Leave request must be approved by the employee's Department Director. In considering requests for Education Leave the Director will consider the employee's work history, potential for advancement, the relevancy of the proposed education to the City's needs, and the workload and Department and Program objectives. LEAVE FOR INVOLVEMENT IN ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES The City encourages employees with school-age children to be actively engaged in their child's education. To make it possible for an employee to be involved in their child's school activities, an employee shall be granted unpaid leave, not to exceed six (6) hours in any one (1) month period and not to exceed eighteen (18) hours in any academic year, for the purpose of attending an academic activity for, or with, the employee's child. In the alternative, an employee may use paid Vacation Leave to attend an academic activity. An employee who works less than a full-time schedule shall be eligible for a portion of the leave specified in the above paragraph based on the percent of a full-time schedule that the employee works. The City may limit the leave in cases of emergency or other situations where the absence of the employee would impair service delivery or risk the safety of co-workers or citizens. Academic Activity Leave may not be taken in increments greater than three (3) hours at any one time and the employee must provide written verification from the school or school district of the academic activity. An employee must make a reasonable attempt to schedule academic activities for which leave may be taken under this Section outside of regular work hours. An employee desiring to use unpaid Academic Activity leave must provide seven (7) days' advance notice to their supervisor of the academic activity, and the notice shall include the written verification from the student's school. In the case of an emergency where the employee is not aware of the need for the leave one (1) calendar week in advance, the employee shall provide the employer with notice of the leave as soon as possible once the employee becomes aware of the need for the leave and shall provide the employer with written verification from the school upon return to work. ACTIVE-DUTY MILITARY LEAVE Employees who enlist in the Armed Force of the United States or who are members of the Armed Forces Reserve Corps of the United States, or the National Guard and who are called up for active duty or special duty or like activity for more than fifteen (15) working days will be granted an unpaid leave of absence for the period of service. • To be eligible for Military Leave, the employee must provide a copy of the orders requiring the leave.
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