LEAVE OF ABSENCE 14.01 The Company may grant leave of absence without pay and without loss of seniority to an employee for personal reasons. All requests for such leaves of absence shall be in writing and addressed to the General Manager as far in advance as practicable. The General Manager shall reply to such request within seven (7) working days. Approval for such requests shall be subject to operational requirements. If an employee fails to return to work upon termination of an authorized leave of absence unless prior arrangements acceptable to the employee, the Union and the Company have been made for an extension of such leave, it shall leave the employee subject to disciplinary action. If an employee utilizes a leave of absence for purposes other than those for which the leave of absence was granted, the employee shall lose all seniority and his employment shall be deemed to have terminated. 14.02 Leave of absence will be granted to not more than one (1) employee who has been selected by the Union membership as a delegate to attend a Union convention or seminar and to not more than five (5) employees who have attained seniority and who have been selected by the Union to attend meetings on negotiations for a Collective Agreement or renewal thereof. (a) In the event of a death in the employee’s immediate family, that is husband, wife, son, daughter, father or mother, brother, sister, mother-in-law or father- in-law, grandchild, grandfather, and grandmother, employees who have completed their probationary period shall be entitled to receive four (4) days leave of absence and will be paid their regular rate for each scheduled work day that occurs within such seven (7) day period. The request for such leave must be made at the time of death or as soon as possible thereafter. In addition to the aforementioned leave, where the burial/interment of the deceased is not possible at the time of the death, one (1) additional day’s leave with pay shall be granted to employees to attend the burial/interment so long as the employee is scheduled to work that day. (b) In order to qualify for the foregoing leave of absence, upon request an employee must supply satisfactory proof of death by way of a doctor’s certificate or newspaper clipping and must promptly notify his or her Department Head. (c) In the application of this Article, the Company agrees to recognize “common law” relations, as defined by the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, in the same fashion as relations by way of “marriage” are recognized. 14.04 The Company agrees to grant employees pregnancy and/or parental leave, in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act as amended. 14.05 Where an employee is required under summons or subpoena to attend a legal proceeding other than an arbitration, and other than if he is the accused, he shall be permitted to do so without loss of pay or benefits. The amount of wages to be paid by the Company shall be adjusted as required to offset any monies received as compensation by the employee for such attendance and/or services.