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Use of Personal Leave: Employees are not required to use personal leave during parental leave but may use personal leave at their option for any period of this leave. Reinstatement: The Employee is entitled to return to work in the same or comparable position and at the same rate of pay the Employee was receiving prior to commencement of the leave. Benefits will continue to accrue as if the Employee was at work. 9.7 School Conference and Activities Leave Leave of 16 Hours: Under Minnesota Statute ~ 181.9412, an Employer must grant an Employee leave of up to a total of sixteen- (16) hours during any twelve- (12) month period to attend school conferences or school-related activities related to the Employee's child, provided the conferences or school-related activities cannot be scheduled during non-work hours. If the Employee's child receives child care services or attends a pre-kindergarten regular or special education program, the Employee may use the leave time provided in this section to attend a conference or activity related to the Employee's child, or to observe and monitor the services or programs, provided the conference, activity, or observation cannot be scheduled during non-work hours. When the leave cannot be scheduled during non-work hours and the need for the leave is foreseeable, the Employee must provide reasonable prior notice of the leave and make a reasonable effort to schedule the leave so as not to disrupt unduly the operations of the Employer. Foster Child: For the purpose of this section, the definition of "child" includes foster child. Unpaid or Use of PTO: The school conference and activities leave will be unpaid, except that an Employee may substitute any accrued paid PTO leave or compensatory time for any part of the leave under this section. 9.8 Service as Election Judge General: Under Minnesota Statutes ~ 204B.195, an individual who is selected to serve as an election judge pursuant to ~ 204B.21, subdivision 2 may, after giving the Employer at least 20 days' written notice, be absent from work for the purpose of serving as an election judge without penalty. The Employer may resttict the number of Employees serving as election judges to twenty (20) per cent of the workforce at a single worksite. Wages: The salary or wages of the Employee serving as an election judge shall be reduced by the amount paid to the election judge by the appointing authority during the time the Employee was absent from employment. The Employee also has the option to use personal leave for the absence. Request: The written request to be absent from work must be accompanied by a certification from the appointing authority stating the hourly compensation to be 22