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PART C: <br />Employees on such leave shall be paid during such absence for the <br />difference befinreen their regular straight time wages and their military pay for such <br />period, as verified to the Employer by the military voucher. The maximum number of <br />hours for which payment may be made in any one (1) calendar year under this <br />provision is two hundred forty-eight (248) hours per employee. The terms of this section <br />shall only apply when the employee is called to duty as a result of a National <br />Emergency or War. <br />SECTION 6: When an employee returns to work after a leave of absence, he will be <br />assigned to the position which he formerly occupied at the current rate of pay or to a <br />similar position if his former position no longer exists if he is physically qualified for the <br />job. In the event the City questions whether the employee is physically able to do the <br />work, it may require the employee to be examined to substantiate his claim of fitness. <br />Such examination shall be done by a doctor of the Employers choice within seven (7) <br />days. Charges for this examination shall be borne by the City. If disagreement <br />thereafter exists, a third physician shall be mutually selected by the Union and the City <br />to determine the issue, and the cost of such examination shalt be shared equally by the <br />Employer and the Union. <br />SECTION 7: All employees shall be entitled to parental leave upon the birth of a child <br />or adoption of a child providing said employee is the natural parent of the child or is the <br />legal parent of the adopted child. The duration of the leave shall be at the employee's <br />discretion. Such leave shall not be permitted in less than one (1) full day increments. <br />Employees desiring to use such leave in increments of less than six (6) consecutive <br />months shall provide the employer a minimum of five (5) days notice and a schedule <br />listing the day or days the employee will utilize the parental leave benefit. In any event, <br />such leave shall not extend beyond six (6) months from the date such leave was first <br />requested. <br />An employee shall be entitled to use vacation leave or accumulated sick leave <br />credit in lieu of being unpaid. If an employee exhausts all accumulated vacation leave <br />credit and sick leave credits, said employee shall not be paid nor shall said employee <br />earn sick leave or vacation credits for that period. <br />The Employer may require at its discretion satisfactory proof such as a <br />certificate of birth of the child or in the case of an adopted child, a copy of the court <br />document authorizing the adoption. <br />SECTION 8: An employee shall accumulate seniority during any leave of absence. <br />Employee's on an unpaid sick leave, parental leave, or has exhausted his accumulated <br />sick leave shall not be entitled to any benefits, except hospital/surgical benefits which <br />shall continue to be provided by the Employer for a period of time not to exceed ninety <br />(90) days. During the aforementioned ninety (90) day time period, the employee shall <br />be required to pay his proportionate share of the cost as required within Article 28, of <br />20