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18 <br />11.3 Leaves Resulting from Subpoena <br />A. Employees subpoenaed or called to appear as a witness in an administrative or legal proceeding <br />about a work-related matter shall be granted time off with pay for all time necessarily spent in <br />compliance of the subpoena or request to testify, including travel time, waiting time and time <br />spent testifying as a witness. <br />B. Employees subpoenaed or called to appear as a witness on behalf of the City or Department <br />during their off duty hours shall receive compensation as hours worked in accordance with <br />Section 7 of this MOU for all time necessarily spent in compliance of the subpoena or request <br />to testify, including travel time, waiting time and time spent testifying as a witness. <br />11.4 Military Leave <br />Military leave shall be granted in accordance with the provisions of law. All employees entitled to <br />military leave shall give the Fire Chief an opportunity within the limits of military regulations to <br />determine when such leave shall be taken and may modify the employee’s work schedule to <br />accommodate the request for leave. <br />11.5 Family, Medical and Pregnancy Disability Leave <br />The City will abide by all federal and state family, medical and pregnancy disability leave laws. <br />11.6 Catastrophic Leave <br />The City will maintain a Catastrophic Leave Policy outlined in Appendix B to this MOU. <br />11.7 Bereavement Leave <br />Employees are entitled to paid leave from duty (including shift trade days) for up to two (2) shifts (48 <br />hours) for 56-hour personnel and up to forty (40) hours for 40-hour personnel in order to attend the <br />funeral or memorial service of an immediate family member and/or to assist with matters relating to <br />the decedent’s estate. Employees may utilize other paid leaves (including sick leave) to extend <br />bereavement leave when approved by the Fire Chief. <br />For purposed of this provision, immediate family shall be defined as: spouse, domestic partner, child, <br />foster child who resided with the employee at the time of his/her death, stepchild, mother, father, <br />stepmother, stepfather, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother, stepbrother, sister, stepsister, brother-in- <br />law, sister-in-law, grandmother, grandfather, spouse’s grandmother, spouse’s grandfather, son-in-law, <br />daughter-in-law or grandchildren. <br />11.8 Union Leave Bank <br />A. Leave Donations <br />Effective the first full pay period in July of each year, active bargaining unit employees may <br />voluntarily elect to contribute to the Union Leave Bank by reducing their individual vacation <br />accrual by six (6) hours for 56 hour personnel and four (4) hours of vacation accrual for 40 <br />hour personnel. The contribution will be credited to the Union Leave Bank. If, at the end of <br />any fiscal year, the Union Leave Bank has a balance of more than 1500 hours, the contribution <br />of hours described above will not occur for that fiscal year.