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SECTION 4: Employees who leave the service of the Employer to enter the United States <br /> Armed Forces, or the service of the Maritime Commission, and who return within ninety (90) <br /> days from release from the service, shall be granted seniority rights upon their return as if <br /> continuously employed by the Employer during such service. <br /> SECTION 5: PART A: <br /> All employees of the bargaining unit who are members of the Ohio National <br /> Guard, the Ohio Defense Corps, or members of other reserve components of the Armed Forces <br /> of the United States, are entitled to leaves of absence for such military service for field training, <br /> active duty or emergency call-out for a period not to exceed thirty-one (31) working days per <br /> year per employee. <br /> PART B: <br /> The employee is required to submit to the Employer an order of statement from <br /> the appropriate military commander as evidence of such duty at least two (2) weeks in advance <br /> of the starting date of such leave unless emergency situations require otherwise. <br /> PART C: <br /> Employees on such leave shall be paid during such absence for the difference <br /> between their regular straight time wages and their military pay for such period, as verified to the <br /> Employer by the military voucher. The maximum number of hours for which payment may be <br /> made in any one (1) calendar year under this provision is two hundred forty-eight (248) hours per <br /> employee. The terms of this section shall only apply when the employee is called to duty as a <br /> result of a National Emergency or War. <br /> SECTION 6: When an employee returns to work after a leave of absence, he will be assigned to <br /> the position which he formerly occupied at the current rate of pay or to a similar position if his <br /> former position no longer exists if he is physically qualified for the job. In the event the <br /> Employer questions whether the employee is physically able to do the work, it may require the <br /> employee to be examined to substantiate his claim of fitness. Such examination shall be done by <br /> a doctor of the Employers choice within seven (7) days. Charges for this examination shall be <br /> borne by the Employer. If disagreement thereafter exists, a third physician shall be mutually <br /> selected by the Union and the Employer to determine the issue, and the cost of such examination <br /> shall be shared equally by the Employer and the Union. <br /> SECTION 7: All employees shall be entitled to parental leave upon the birth of a child or <br /> adoption of a child providing said employee is the natural parent of the child or is the legal <br /> parent of the adopted child. The duration of the leave shall be at the employee's discretion. Such <br /> leave shall not be permitted in less than one (1) full day increments. Employees desiring to use <br /> such leave in increments of less than six (6) consecutive months shall provide the employer a <br /> minimum of five (5) days notice and a schedule listing the day or days the employee will utilize <br /> 17 <br />