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• Services that are "not required" shall mean those portions of time that an employee who is a prospective juror, has not yet been chosen as a juror and has been released for the day but is required to return at a later date for further consideration as a prospective juror. "Dismissal" from court is when the judge dismisses the employee as a juror or prospective juror. 15.4 Leaves Resulting from Subpoena Leaves of absence with pay shall be granted to a person while going to and from court and answering a subpoena as a witness on behalf of the Fire Department. If sent off duty, employee will be paid per Section 7.1 of this M.O.U. 15.5 Military Leave Military leave shall be granted in accordance with the provisions of law. All employees entitled to military leave shall give the Fire Chief an opportunity within the limits of military regulations to determine when such leave shall be taken. 15.6 FMLA The Department will abide by Federal and State Family Leave Acts. 15.7 Catastrophic Leave The Department will implement a Catastrophic Leave Policy as outlined in Appendix B. 15.8 Bereavement Leave In the event of a death in the immediate family, employees may take paid bereavement leave of up to 48 hours for fire suppression personnel and 40 hours for 40-hour work week personnel per event. Employees may utilize other paid leaves (including sick leave) to extend bereavement leave, subject to approval of the Fire Chief. In this context only, immediate family shall be defined as: spouse, domestic partner, child, foster child who resided with the employee at the time of his/her death, stepchild, mother, father, stepmother, stepfather, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother, stepbrother, sister, stepsister, brother-in-law, sister-in- law, grandmother, grandfather, spouse's grandmother, spouse's grandfather, son-in-law, daughter-in-law or grandchildren. 15.9 Union Leave Bank Effective the first full pay period in July of each year, each active bargaining unit employee may voluntarily elect to contribute to the Union Leave Bank by reducing his/her vacation accrual by four (4) hours for 56 hour personnel and two (2) hours of vacation accrual or comp time for 40 how personnel. The contribution will be credited to the Union Leave Bank. If, at the end of any fiscal year, the Union 21