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City of Arden Hills Personnel Policy '� Effective February 29, 2016 .A i E HIH Amended July 28, 2025 and MNPL will run concurrently with any leave and/or wage supplement for which an employee may be eligible for under local, state, or federal law including Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Pregnancy and Parenting Leave, and Paid Parental Leave. The City offers a short-term disability (STD) policy that may run concurrently and require its own filing requirement pursuant to the terms of the STD policy. STD payments may be reduced. pursuant to the terms of the STD policv. because of receiving state -raid benefits. Supplementing MNPL Benefits with Accrued Paid Leave If an employee is receiving MNPL benefits, the City allows,, but does not require, the employee to supplement, or "top off," MNPL benefits with any accrued but unused paid leave. If the employee chooses to supplement MNPL benefits in this way, the combined weekly sum of MNPL benefits and City -provided paid leave benefits cannot exceed the emplovee's individual average weeklv wage. Maintaining Health Coverage During Leave Unless the employee revokes coverage while on MNPL, the City will continue to provide group health insurance coverage for an employee on MNPL under the same conditions as the coverage was provided before the employee took leave. The employee must continue to make timely ayments of the employee share of the premiums for such coverage. If the employee is not using paid time off (PTO) to cover part or all of the leave, the employee will be responsible for remitting the employee's portion of health premiums to the City in order to ensure continuation of benefits. Group health insurance may be cancelled if an employee'spremium payment is 30 days late. Before terminating coverage, the City will provide written notice to the employe a least 15 days before the coverage is terminated listing the final date payment is due (30 days past the due date) to avoid cancellation and the date coverage will end if payment is not received. An employee's share of premium payments for group health insurance coverage may, at the employee'sption, be: 1. prepaid at or before the start of the leave in which the health deductions may be modified to accept the agreed upon amounts and cadence of premium deductions: or 2. paid by a check every two weeks to coincide with payroll for the duration that the employee may be out, which requires the employee to sign a wage deduction authorization form where the employee grees to the deduction changes. Coverage that lapses due to nonpayment of premiums will be reinstated immediately upon return to work without a waiting period. Reinstatement Upon return from covered MNPL, an employee will be reinstated to their previous position 52