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ARTICLE 14 – BEREAVEMENT


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Three (3) consecutive workdays of bereavement leave shall be granted to each employee upon the death of a member of his/her family.  Leave for full or part time employees must begin within five (5) calendar days of the date of death of the family member or the date of the funeral.  The Employer may grant vacation, sick leave or personal leave to extend the bereavement leave.

For the purpose of this article, family shall include spouse, domestic partner (domestic partner is defined as one who stands in place of a spouse and who resides with the employee), child, grandchild, parents, grandparents, siblings, step-child, step-parent, step-siblings, great-grandparents, aunt, uncle, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, or legal guardian or other person who stands in the place of a parent.

In the event an infant child dies while an employee is using Adoption/Childbirth leave for that infant, Adoption/Childbirth leave terminates on the date of the death.  Requested bereavement leave may begin on the day following the death of the child.  Bereavement leave will be granted in the case of a stillbirth conditioned upon the tendering of a death certificate.

Explanation:

The new language clarifies that the Employer has the discretion to approve other leaves to extend bereavement leave.  A death certificate is required in cases of stillbirth as a condition preceded to the use of bereavement leave.

Attention:

Agency Labor Relations Officers, Fiscal Officers, Personnel Officers, Payroll Officers.

Effective Date:

June 1, 2003




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