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days from release from the service, shall be granted seniority rights upon their return as if continuously employed by the Employer during such service. SECTION 5: PART A: All employees of the bargaining unit who are members of the Ohio National Guard, the Ohio Defense Corps, or members of other reserve components of the Armed Forces of the United States, are entitled to leaves of absence for such military service for field training, active duty or emergency call -out for a period not to exceed thirty-one (3 1) working days per year per employee. PART B: The employee is required to submit to the Employer an order of statement from the appropriate military commander as evidence of such duty at least two (2) weeks in advance of the starting date of such leave unless emergency situations require otherwise. PART C: Employees on such leave shall be paid during such absence for the difference between their regular straight time wages and their military pay for such period, as verified to the Employer by the military voucher. The maximum number of hours for which payment may be made in any one (1) calendar year under this provision is two hundred forty-eight (248) hours per employee. The terms of this section shall only apply when the employee is called to duty as a result of a National Emergency or War. SECTION 6: When an employee returns to work after a leave of absence, he will be assigned to the position which he formerly occupied at the current rate of pay or to a similar position if his former position no longer exists if he is physically qualified for the job. In the event the Employer questions whether the employee is physically able to do the work, it may require the employee to be examined to substantiate his claim of fitness. Such examination shall be done by a doctor of the Employers choice within seven (7) days. Charges for this examination shall be borne by the Employer. If disagreement thereafter exists, a third physician shall be mutually selected by the Union and the Employer to determine the issue, and the cost of such examination shall be shared equally by the Employer and the Union. SECTION 7: All employees shall be entitled to parental leave upon the birth of a child or adoption of a child providing said employee is the natural parent of the child or is the legal parent of the adopted child. The duration of the leave shall be at the employee's discretion. Such leave shall not be permitted in less than one (1) full day increments. Employees desiring to use such leave in increments of less than six (6) consecutive months shall provide the employer a minimum of five (5) days notice and a schedule listing the day or days the employee will utilize the parental leave benefit. In any event, such leave shall not extend beyond six (6) months from the date such leave was first requested. An employee shall be entitled to use vacation leave or accumulated sick leave credit in 17