Regular employees shall be entitled to a paid leave of absence in the event of the
death of a member of their immediate family. Leave shall be granted for a period of
up to seven calendar days by an executive director or designee.
Part-time, non-benefitted employees shall be entitled to a paid leave of absence in
the event of the death of a member of their immediate family. Leave shall be granted
for the period of up to seven calendar days by an executive director or designee.
The part-time, non-benefitted employee shall be paid for all shifts during which the
employee was or would have been scheduled to work during the seven-day bereavement
period.
"Immediate family,"
in this section, shall be defined as husband or wife, child, grandchild, brother or
sister, parent, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandfather, grandmother, stepparent,
stepbrother, stepsister and stepchild. In addition, bereavement leave shall be granted
if death occurs among other relatives regularly residing in the employee's home. The
employee shall be prepared to offer valid proof of death upon request, and shall notify
the executive director prior to taking bereavement leave.
