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 Adoption – certification of adoption specifying the requesting employee as legal
parent/guardian of the child;
 In loco parentis – a notarized statement from the employee asserting that he or she is
assuming and discharging the obligations of a parent to the child. The statement must
include the age of the child, the degree to which the child is dependent on the employee,
the amount of support, if any provided by the employee, and the extent to which the
employee exercises duties commonly associated with parenthood.

The requesting employee will receive written notification regarding the disposition of the
request.
All approved paid parental leave will be coded as Approved Paid Parental Leave in the City’s
time-keeping system.

H. School Activities Leave

Employees who are parents or guardians of a school-age child may take 4 hours of unpaid
leave each year in order to attend or otherwise be involved in the child's school activities. Requests
for such leave should be handled in accordance with policies regarding vacation, holiday or unpaid
leave. Supervisors may request a written verification from your child's school.

I. Military Leave

Full-time or part-time employees who request military leave should provide their
supervisor with a copy of the military orders before leave begins.

As a full-time or part-time employee entering active duty with any branch of the U.S.
Armed Forces, you are entitled to certain re-employment rights under the law. You must apply
for re-employment within ninety (90) calendar days after release from active duty to be placed in
the former job, if available, or in one of equal pay and status, unless there has been a change in
circumstances which would make it impossible or unreasonable to do so.

A full-time or part-time employee who is a member of a Reserve Unit or a National Guard
Unit, and who is called to active duty of not less than three consecutive months, must, in order to
be reinstated, apply for re-employment within thirty-one (31) days following release from active
duty or upon discharge from a hospitalization which occurred as a result of active duty for training
or one (1) year after the employee's scheduled release from training, whichever is earlier.

Any full-time City employee who attends an annual two-week military camp or naval
reserve cruise shall be entitled to a salary supplement for the difference between military base pay
and the employee’s regular pay for two (2) calendar weeks, excluding scheduled days off, plus
authorized travel time, provided a statement from the commanding officer verifying military base
pay is provided. "Authorized travel time" is the number of days extending beyond the basic
fourteen-day period which is compensated for by the military organization.

A full-time City employee who is called to active military duty, other than for the annual
two-week reserve training, shall be entitled to a salary supplement by the City, while on active

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