Common use of Bereavement Leave Clause in Contracts

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In the event of death in the immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, the employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate household. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. ‌ Management’s present practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be continued during the term of this MOU. Such practices of allowances for leave because of family deaths shall be in accordance with Section 14.127.1(a)(d) of the LAAC, except as provided below for simultaneous, multiple family deaths. In For the event purposes of death in this Article, the definition of an immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, member shall include the employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's motherfather, father-in-law, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfathermother, mother-in-law, and father-in-lawbrother, sister, spouse’s , child, grandparents, great/grandchildren, step-parentparents, step-children or other members of the immediate household. Section 2. Employees children, great grandparents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the Firefighting Division may use one employee’s household, a household member (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death person residing in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by household of the military to make up employee at the time taken off from military of death), and the following relatives of an employee’s domestic partner: child, great/grandchild, mother, father. Notwithstanding LAAC Section 4.127.1(a), for purposes of this Article, paid leave at full pay up to a maximum of six (6) working days will be allowed for simultaneous, multiple family deaths. Intermittent employees as defined by Section 4.110(b) of the LAAC shall not be entitled to compensated leave because of family deaths. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have an approved City Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or a registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership for on file in the Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, any employee who has accrued unused sick leave, s/he vacation, personal leave, or compensatory time off shall be allowed to use such leave or unpaid leave not to exceed two working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. Effective January 1, 2015, Unit members shall be entitled to use the bereavement leave as provided in granted under this Article. Section 4Article up until 370 calendar days from the date of death of the qualifying immediate family member. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found Bereavement leave not used prior to be fraudulent requests or use 370 calendar days from date of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial said death shall be subject to the grievance deemed waived and arbitration procedures of this Agreementlost.

Bereavement Leave. A. Leave due to family deaths shall be in accordance with LAAC Section 1. In the event 4.127.1, which provides for a maximum of three working days for each occurrence of a death in the employee’s immediate family. B. For the purpose of this Article, the definition of an immediate family member, notwithstanding the definition in LAAC Section 4.127.1, shall include the father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, brother, sister, spouse, child, step-parents, step-children, great/grandparents, great/grandchildren, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the employee’s household, a household member (any person residing in the immediate household of the employee at the time of death), and the following relatives of an employee's domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. C. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have a prescribed City Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or a registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership form on file in the Personnel Department Employee Benefits Office, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. D. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, upon the approval of the appointing authority, any employee who is otherwise assigned to dutyhas accrued unused sick leave at full pay, the employee shall be granted time off allowed sick leave with full pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted not to exceed two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave if it is necessary for the employee to travel a minimum of 1,500 miles one way, as outlined determined by the Automobile Association of America (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this Section provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to the appointing authority of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. E. Effective upon implementation of this MOU, members of this Unit shall be taken within fourteen entitled to use the bereavement leave granted under this Article (14or the sick leave used for purposes of bereavement leave as described in this Article) up until three hundred and seventy (370) calendar days from the date of the death of the qualifying immediate family member. Such permission shall Bereavement leave days not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) used prior to 370 calendar days from the date of the said death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, deemed waived and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate householdlost. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In ‌ An employee who is absent from work by reason of the event death of a member of his/her immediate family shall, upon the approval of the appointing authority be allowed a leave of absence with full pay for a maximum of three working days for each occurrence of a death in the employee's immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, the family. The employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by entitled to use this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar leave up to 370 days from the date of the death of the qualifying family member. Such permission shall Bereavement Leave not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) used prior to 370 calendar days from the date of said death shall be deemed waived and lost. Such employees shall furnish a death certificate or other satisfactory proof of the death of to justify the family memberabsence. Such permission "Immediate family" shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's motherinclude father, father-in-law, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfathermother, mother-in-law, and father-in-lawbrother, sister, spouse’s grandparents, child, grandfather, grandmother, stepparents, stepchildren, grandchildren, step-▇▇▇▇▇▇ parent, step-children or other members ▇▇▇▇▇▇ child, any relative who resided in the employee's household, the domestic partner of an employee, and the following relatives of the immediate household. Section 2domestic partner: mother, father, child, grandchild. Employees For the purpose of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall complete a confidential affidavit to be filed in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which shall be signed by the City employee only, declaring the existence of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shiftsa domestic partnership with a named domestic partner. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled addition to bereavement leave as provided in granted under this Article. Section 4, any employee shall be allowed to use accrued unused sick leave, vacation, personal leave, or other compensatory time off, or unpaid leave not to exceed two (2) working days (16 hours) per occurrence for the purpose of additional bereavement leave. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave to deny shall not be counted as sick leave in any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this AgreementSick Leave Use Monitoring Program.

Bereavement Leave. Management's present practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be continued during the term of this Memorandum of Understanding. Such practices of allowances for leave because of family deaths shall be in accordance with Section 14.127.1a-d of the Los Angeles Administrative Code. In For the event purposes of death in this Article, the definition of an immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned to dutymember, the employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this defined in Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date 4.127.1 of the death of LAAC, shall include the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's motherfather, father-in-law, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfathermother, mother-in-law, and father-in-lawbrother, sister, spouse’s , child, grandparents, grandchildren, step-parentparents, step-children or other members of the immediate household. Section 2. Employees children, great grandparents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the Firefighting Division may use one employee's household, a household member (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death person residing in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by household of the military to make up employee at the time taken off from military leaveof death), s/he and the following relatives of an employee's domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. Intermittent employees as defined by Section 4.110(b) of the LAAC shall not be entitled to compensated leave because of family deaths. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall complete a confidential affidavit to be filed in the Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which shall be signed by the City employee and the domestic partner, declaring the existence of a domestic partnership with a named domestic partner. No affidavit is required to secure bereavement leave as provided benefits arising from the death of a household member (any person residing in the immediate household of the employee at the time of death). By extending to an employee the specific benefits defined by this Article. Section 4, the City does not intend to confer or to imply any other unspecified benefits to such employee, or to the employee's domestic partner, or to the employee's household members, or to any other person. The Chief Operative upon the effective date of the ordinance implementing this MOU, in addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, upon the approval of the appointing authority, any employee who has accrued unused sick leave at full pay shall have discretion in cases that are found be allowed sick leave with full pay not to be fraudulent requests or use exceed two working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave if it is necessary for the employee to deny any employee such travel a minimum of 1,500 miles one way, as calculated by the Automobile Association of America (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to the appointing authority of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. ARTICLE 41 TIME OFF FOR EXAMINATIONS Employees shall be granted reasonable time off with pay for the purpose of taking examinations when such examinations are given by the City and scheduled during the employee's normal working period; provided, however, that each employee entitled to such denial time off with pay shall give reasonable advance notice to his/her supervisor. Such time off with pay shall include travel time. ARTICLE 42 BLOOD DONATIONS Employees shall be subject given reasonable time off with pay to donate blood (including aphresis/platelet donations) when so requested by the Red Cross and/or a hospital. An employee who donates blood may be required by their supervisor to provide written proof of the date and time that the employee donated blood to the grievance and arbitration procedures recipient agency. If a supervisor requires written proof of this Agreementthe donation, the employee will be notified prior to the date of donation.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In the event of death in the immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, the employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- forty-two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, and father-in-law, spouse▇▇▇▇▇▇’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate household. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In the event of death in the immediate family of an An employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, the employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour absent from work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date reason of the death of a member of his/her immediate family shall, upon the family memberapproval of the appointing authority or the agent thereof designated to determine such matters, be allowed a leave of absence with full pay for a maximum of three working days for each occurrence of a death in the employee's immediate family. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date furnish a death certificate or other satisfactory proof of the death of to justify the family memberabsence. Such permission "Immediate family" shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's motherinclude father, father-in- law, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfathermother, mother-in-law, and father-in-lawbrother, sister, spouse’s grandparents, child, grandfather, grandmother, grandchildren, step-parentparents, step-children or other members of the immediate household. Section 2. Employees stepchildren, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, any relative who resided in the Firefighting Division may use employee's household, the domestic partner of an employee, a household member, and the following relatives of an employee's domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. For the purpose of this Section, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one (1) shift of occurrence. Bereavement Leave without loss may be taken during a period of F.L.S.A. overtimeup to three hundred seventy (370) calendar days after the occurrence. HoweverAny employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Section shall complete a confidential affidavit to be filed in the Employee Benefits Office, employees who use their second Personnel Department, which shall be signed by the City employee only, declaring the existence of a domestic partnership with a named domestic partner. No affidavit is required to secure bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In benefits arising from the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence death of a death household member (any person residing in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by household of the military to make up employee at the time taken off from military leaveof death). By extending to an employee the specific benefits defined by this Section, s/he the City does not intend to confer or imply any other unspecified benefits to such employee, or to the employee's domestic partner, or to the employee's household members, or to any other person. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Section, upon the approval of the appointing authority, any employee who has accrued unused sick leave at full pay, shall be entitled allowed sick leave with full pay not to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use exceed two working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave if it is necessary for the employee to deny any employee such travel a minimum of 1,500 miles one way, as calculated by the Automobile Association of America (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to the appointing authority of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall not be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreementcounted as sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program.

Bereavement Leave. Management's present practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be continued during the term of this MOU. Such practices of allowances for leave because of family deaths shall be in accordance with Section 1. In 4.127.1(a) – (d) of the event LAAC which provides for a maximum of three working days for each occurrence of a death in the employee’s immediate family. For the purpose of this Article, the definition of an immediate family member, as defined in Section 4.127.1 of the LAAC, shall include the father, father-in-law, mother, mother- in-law, brother, sister, spouse, child, grandparents, grandchildren, step-parents, step- children, great-grandparents, great-grandchildren, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the employee’s household, a household member (any person residing in the immediate household of the employee at the time of death), and the following relatives of an employee's domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have an approved City Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or a registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership form on file in the Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, upon the approval of the appointing authority, any employee who has accrued unused sick leave at full pay, shall be allowed sick leave with full pay not to exceed two working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave if it is otherwise assigned to duty, necessary for the employee to travel a minimum of 1500 miles one way, as determined by the Automobile Association of American (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to the appointing authority of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. Members of this Unit shall be entitled to use the bereavement leave granted time off with pay under this Article (or the sick leave used for purposes of bereavement leave as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppressiondescribed in this Article), Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) up until 370 calendar days from the date of the death of the qualifying immediate family member. Such permission shall Bereavement leave days not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) used prior to 370 calendar days from the date of the said death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, deemed waived and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate householdlost. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In Employees covered by this Agreement may be granted, upon approval of the Police Chief or designee, time off with pay, if applicable, at the employee's base straight time rate, not to exceed forty (40) work hours, to attend the funeral and/or memorial service (hereinafter service) and/or attend to the affairs or handle related activities in the event of a death in the employee's immediate family family. All days taken for bereavement leave must be taken within the thirty (30) consecutive calendar days surrounding the date of an employee who the service or date of death if no service is otherwise assigned held. If the service is to dutybe held outside the state of Florida, the employee shall may be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppressionfrom the regularly scheduled work hours up to eighty (80) work hours to attend the service. Should the employee not attend the out-of-state service but need time to make service arrangements or handle related activities, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two up to forty (4240) hour work week hours of paid time off may be granted. Such leave shall be granted two (by the Police Chief or designee except in such cases as determined that such leave is not possible because of operational requirements. Section 2) shifts off following . For the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chiefpurpose of this Article, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The employee's immediate family shall be defined as the employee's father, mother, fatherlegal guardian(s), legal spouse, childson, daughter, brother, sister, halffather- in-siblings, grandmother, grandfatherlaw, mother-in-law, and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildrengreat-grandparents, stepparents, step-parentchildren, step-children grand- children, or other members of the immediate household. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafterspouse's grandparents. Section 3. In the event Should an employee is on military require additional time other than provided in Section 1 of this Article, the employee may request the additional time from the Police Chief or designee. Any additional time used shall be charged to annual leave during or holiday storage account if the occurrence employee has hours accrued that can be charged. Use of a death annual leave or holiday time for this purpose shall not result in the immediate family and, as a result, is required cancellation of annual leave already scheduled by the military to make up employee; if necessary, the portion of the approved and previously scheduled annual leave for which the employee does not have sufficient time accrued may be taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement as leave as provided in this Articlewithout pay. Section 4. The employee shall, at the discretion of the Police Chief shall have discretion or designee, provide the Department with proof of death in cases that are found the immediate family as defined in Section 2 of this Article before compensation is approved. Section 5. An employee must be on active pay status to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of eligible for this Agreementbenefit.

Bereavement Leave. Management's present practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be continued during the term of this MOU. Such practices of allowances for leave because of family deaths shall be in accordance with Section 14.127.1a-d of the LAAC. In Upon the event approval of department management, an employee will be allowed leave with pay for a maximum of three working days for each occurrence of a death in the employee’s immediate family. For the purposes of this Article, the definition of an immediate family member shall include the father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, brother, sister, spouse, child, grandparents, grandchildren, step-parents, step-children, great-grandparents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the employee's household, a household member (any person residing in the immediate household of the employee at the time of death) and the following relatives of an employee’s domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. Intermittent employees as defined by Article 49.1.B. of this MOU shall not be entitled to compensated leave because of family deaths. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have an approved City Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or a registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership form on file in the Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, upon the approval of the appointing authority, any employee who has accrued unused sick leave at full pay shall be allowed sick leave with full pay not to exceed two working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave if it is otherwise assigned to duty, necessary for the employee to travel a minimum of 1,500 miles one way, as calculated by the Automobile Association of America (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to the appointing authority of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. Members of this Unit shall be entitled to use the bereavement leave granted time off with pay under this Article (or the sick leave used for purposes of bereavement leave as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppressiondescribed in this Article), Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) up until 370 calendar days from the date of the death of the qualifying immediate family member. Such permission shall Bereavement leave days not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) used prior to 370 calendar days from the date of the said death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, deemed waived and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate householdlost. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. ‌ A. Bereavement leave shall be afforded to Unit members and administered in accordance with LAAC Section 4.127.1, which specifies: 1. In Except as otherwise provided by Memorandum of Understanding and implemented by the event City Council, in addition to all other sick leave allowed under this article, any employee who is absent from work by reason of the death of a member of their immediate family shall, upon the approval of the appointing authority or the agent thereof designated to determine such matters, be allowed leave of absence with full pay for a maximum of three working days for each occurrence of a death in the employee’s immediate family family. Such employee shall furnish a death certificate or other satisfactory proof of the death to justify the absence. “Immediate family” shall include the father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, brother, sister, spouse, child, grandparents, grandchildren, step-parents, step-children, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the employee’s household, a household member (any person residing in the immediate household of the employee at the time of death), and the following relatives of an employee employee’s domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. For the purpose of this section, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. B. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, any Unit Member who is otherwise assigned to dutyhas accrued unused sick leave, the employee vacation, personal leave, or compensatory time off at full pay, shall be granted time off allowed to use such leave with full pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted not to exceed two (2) shifts off following working days per occurrence for the deathpurpose of bereavement leave. C. Any unit member who claims a domestic partner for purposes of the provisions of Subsection A.1 hereinabove, shall complete a confidential affidavit to be filed in the Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which shall be signed by the City employee and the domestic partner, declaring the existence of a domestic partnership with a named domestic partner. Unless exclusive permission No affidavit is received required to secure bereavement leave benefits arising from the Fire Chiefdeath of a household member (any person residing in the immediate household of the employee at the time of death). By extending to an employee the specific benefits defined by this subsection, the working days City does not intend to confer or to imply any other unspecified benefits to such employee, or to the employee’s domestic partner, or to the employee’s household member, or to any other person. D. Intermittent employees, as outlined defined by Section 4.110(b) of this Section Code, shall not be entitled to compensated leave because of family deaths. E. Commencing July 1, 2012, non-represented employees shall be taken within fourteen (14) entitled to use the bereavement leave granted under this section up until 370 calendar days from the date of the death of the qualifying immediate family member. Such permission shall Bereavement leave not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) used prior to 370 calendar days from the date of the said death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, deemed waived and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate householdlost. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In the event of Bereavement leave with pay is allowed for an employee to attend a funeral or memorial service and/or to make other arrangements following a death in the employee’s immediate family. Immediate family for purposes of an employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, the employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen includes the following: Children (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chiefincludes ▇▇▇▇▇▇, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, and father-laws) Spouse’s/RDP’s Children Parents (includes in-lawlaws & steps) Spouse’s RDP’s Parents Siblings (includes in-laws & steps) Spouse’s/RDP’s Siblings Grandchildren Spouse’s/RDP’s Grandchildren Grandparents Spouse’s/RDP’s Grandparents Aunt, spouseUncle, Niece, Nephew Spouse’s/RDP’s grandparentsAunt, grandchildrenUncle, step-parentNiece, step-children or other members of the immediate household. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one Nephew Spouse/Registered Domestic Partner (1RDP) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on No more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such days of bereavement leave is allowed per occurrence and each occasion thereafter. Section 3is not cumulative. In the event an the employee is on military needs to travel out of state to attend a funeral, bereavement leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled allowed up to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4five (5) days. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use However, the fourth and fifth days of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject is charged to the grievance and arbitration procedures employee’s sick leave. These sick leave days (up to two [2] per incident, where applicable) will not be counted against an employee’s attendance score in their performance evaluation. An employee must obtain approval of the Employing Official or a designee prior to taking leave. Domestic partners are now covered under the Bereavement Leave provisions of this AgreementSection. In order to qualify for this provision, an employee’s domestic partner must be registered with the Washington State Registry for Domestic Partners, and employees must show verification of such registry, upon request by the Kitsap County Department of Human Resources.

Bereavement Leave. Section A. Effective July 1. In , 2002, a department head or designee shall authorize bereavement leave with pay for a permanent or probationary full-time State employee due to the event death of his/her parent, stepparent, spouse, domestic partner who has been certified with the Secretary of State’s Office in accordance with AB 26 (Chapter 588, Statutes of 1999), child, adopted child, stepchild, sister, brother, or death of any person residing in the immediate family household of an the employee who is otherwise assigned at the time of death. An intervening period of absence for medical reasons shall not be disqualifying when, immediately prior to dutythe absence, the person resided in the household of the employee. Such bereavement leave shall be authorized for up to three eight-hour days (24 hours) per occurrence. The employee shall be granted time off give notice to his/her immediate supervisor as soon as possible and shall, if requested by the employee’s supervisor, provide substantiation to support the request upon the employee’s return to work. B. A department head or designee shall authorize bereavement leave with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of for a permanent full-time or probationary full-time employee due to the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chiefgrandchild, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practicegrandparent, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirementsaunt, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's motheruncle, fatherniece, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfathernephew, mother-in-law, and father-in- law, daughter-in-law, spouse’s grandparentsson-in-law, grandchildrensister-in-law, stepor brother-parent, stepin-children or other members of the immediate household. Section 2law. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second Such bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime be authorized for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than up to three (3) occasions eight-hour days (24 hours) in any a fiscal year. The employee shall give notice to his/her immediate supervisor as soon as possible and shall, if requested by the employee’s supervisor, provide substantiation to support the request. C. If the death of a person as described above requires the employee to travel over four hundred (400) miles one yearway from his/her home, F.L.S.A. overtime additional time off with pay shall be lost granted for such two (2) additional days which shall be deducted from accrued leave. Should additional leave and each occasion thereafterbe necessary, the department head or designee may authorize the use of other existing leave credits or authorized leave without pay. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military D. Employees may utilize their annual leave, s/he shall vacation, CTO, or any other earned leave credits for additional time required in excess of time allowed in A. or B. above. Sick leave may be entitled to utilized for Bereavement Leave in accordance with the Sick Leave provision of this agreement. E. Fractional time base (part-time) employees will be eligible for bereavement leave as provided in this Articleon pro rata basis, based on the employees’ fractional time base. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. ‌ A. Management's present practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be continued during the term of this MOU. Such practices of allowances for leave because of family deaths shall be in accordance with LAAC Section 1. In the event 4.127.1(a) – (d) which provides for a maximum of three (3) working days for each occurrence of a death in the employee’s immediate family. B. For the purpose of this Article, the definition of an immediate family member, notwithstanding LAAC Section 4.127.1, shall include the father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, brother, sister, spouse, child, grandparents, grandchildren, step-parents, step-children, great-grandparents, great-grandchildren, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the employee’s household, a household member (any person residing in the immediate household of the employee at the time of death), and the following relatives of an employee's domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. C. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have an approved City Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or a registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership form on file in the Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. D. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, any employee who is otherwise assigned to dutyhas accrued unused sick leave, the employee vacation, personal leave, or compensatory time off, shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppressionallowed to use such leave or unpaid leave, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted not to exceed two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave. E. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as outlined by sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. F. Members of this Section Unit shall be taken within fourteen entitled to use the bereavement leave granted under this Article (14) or the sick leave used for purposes of bereavement leave as described in this Article), up until 370 calendar days from the date of the death of the qualifying immediate family member. Such permission shall Bereavement leave days not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) used prior to 370 calendar days from the date of the said death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, deemed waived and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate householdlost. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In the event of death in the immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, the A permanent or probationary employee shall be granted time off with pay as followspay, at the regular rate of pay, for bereavement leave in accordance with the following: A. Employees working Fire Suppression▇▇.▇▇ When death occurs in the employee’s immediate family – that is, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week current spouse/common-law partner, parents, children, or ▇▇▇▇, the employee, on request, shall be granted excused for up to any five (5) regularly scheduled consecutive working days, excluding scheduled days off, without loss of pay at the employee’s regular rate of pay. Such leave shall be taken within 12 months of the date of death. Notwithstanding the above, where special circumstances exist, an employee may request that Bereavement Leave be divided into two (2) shifts off following periods within the death12 month period. Unless exclusive permission Such request is received from subject to the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date approval of the death of the family memberCity. Such permission In no circumstances, however, shall not an employee be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working eligible for more days off following with pay than they would have been eligible to receive had the deathBereavement Leave been taken in one (1) undivided period. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire ChiefThree (3) days leave with pay for persons related as follows: grandchild, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date guardian, parent of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child/common law partner, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, motherbrother-in-law, and fathersister-in-law, spouse’s grandparentsson-in-law, grandchildrendaughter-in-law, step-parent, step-children or other members a related dependent of the immediate household. Section 2employee. Employees in The employee, on request, shall be excused for up to any three (3) regularly scheduled consecutive working days, excluding scheduled days off, without loss of pay at the Firefighting Division may use employee’s regular rate of pay. Such leave shall be taken within 12 months of the death. One (1) days leave with pay for persons related as follows: grandparent or grandparent of current spouse/common law partner. The employee, on request, shall be excused for up to one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave regularly scheduled work day without loss of F.L.S.A. overtimepay at the employee’s regular rate of pay. However, employees who use their second bereavement Such leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereaftertaken within 12 months of the death. Section 3▇▇.▇▇ One-half (½) day's leave with pay for persons related more distantly than those listed in ▇.▇▇.▇▇. ▇▇.▇▇. In shall be granted upon request. Upon demonstrating the event an need for additional time due to extenuating circumstances, this leave shall be extended up to one (1) day. ▇.▇▇.▇▇. ▇▇.▇▇ The term "extenuating circumstances" may include travelling time, shift schedule conflicts, or such other reasons which may be applicable to the individual circumstances. ▇.▇▇.▇▇. ▇▇.▇▇ A permanent or probationary employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family andabsence, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military other than annual vacation leave, s/he shall not be entitled to eligible for bereavement leave as provided in this Articleleave. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Management's present practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be continued during the term of this Memorandum of Understanding. Such practices of allowances for leave because of family deaths shall be in accordance with Section 14.127.1a-d of the LAAC. In Upon the event approval of department management, an employee will be allowed leave with pay for a maximum of three working days for each occurrence of a death in the employee’s immediate family. For the purposes of this Article, the definition of an immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned to dutymember, the employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this defined in Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date 4.127.1 of the death of LAAC, shall include the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's motherfather, father-in-law, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfathermother, mother-in-law, and father-in-lawbrother, sister, spouse’s , child, grandparents, grandchildren, step-parentparents, step-children or other members of the immediate household. Section 2. Employees children, great-grandparents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the Firefighting Division may use one employee's household, a household member (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death person residing in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by household of the military to make up employee at the time taken off from military leaveof death) and the following relatives of an employee’s domestic partner: child, s/he grandchild, mother, father. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. Intermittent employees as defined by Article 49.1.B. of this MOU shall not be entitled to compensated leave because of family deaths. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall complete a confidential affidavit to be filed in the Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which shall be signed by the City employee and the domestic partner, declaring the existence of a domestic partnership with a named domestic partner. No affidavit is required to secure bereavement leave as provided benefits arising from the death of a household member (any person residing in the immediate household of the employee at the time of death). By extending to an employee the specific benefits defined by this Article. Section 4, the City does not intend to confer or to imply any other unspecified benefits to such employee, or to the employee's domestic partner, or to the employee's household members, or to any other person. The Chief In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, upon the approval of the appointing authority, any employee who has accrued unused sick leave at full pay shall have discretion in cases that are found be allowed sick leave with full pay not to be fraudulent requests or use exceed two working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave if it is necessary for the employee to deny any employee such travel a minimum of 1,500 miles one way, as calculated by the Automobile Association of America (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to the appointing authority of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall not be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreementcounted as sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program.

Bereavement Leave. Section A. Effective July 1. In , 2002, a department head or designee shall authorize bereavement leave with pay for a permanent or probationary full-time State employee due to the event death of his/her parent, stepparent, spouse, domestic partner who has been certified with the Secretary of State’s Office in accordance with AB 26 (Chapter 588, Statutes of 1999), child, adopted child, stepchild, sister, brother, or death of any person residing in the immediate family household of an the employee who is otherwise assigned at the time of death. An intervening period of absence for medical reasons shall not be disqualifying when, immediately prior to dutythe absence, the person resided in the household of the employee. Such bereavement leave shall be authorized for up to three eight-hour days (24 hours) per occurrence. The employee shall be granted time off give notice to his/her immediate supervisor as soon as possible and shall, if requested by the employee’s supervisor, provide substantiation to support the request upon the employee’s return to work. B. A department head or designee shall authorize bereavement leave with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of for a permanent full-time or probationary full-time employee due to the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chiefgrandchild, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practicegrandparent, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirementsaunt, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's motheruncle, fatherniece, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfathernephew, mother-in-law, and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparentsdaughter-in-law, grandchildrenson-in-law, stepsister-parentin-law, stepor brother-children or other members of the immediate household. Section 2in-law. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second Such bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime be authorized for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than up to three (3) occasions eight-hour days (24 hours) in any a fiscal year. The employee shall give notice to his/her immediate supervisor as soon as possible and shall, if requested by the employee’s supervisor, provide substantiation to support the request. C. If the death of a person as described above requires the employee to travel over four hundred (400) miles one yearway from his/her home, F.L.S.A. overtime additional time off with pay shall be lost granted for such two (2) additional days which shall be deducted from accrued leave. Should additional leave and each occasion thereafterbe necessary, the department head or designee may authorize the use of other existing leave credits or authorized leave without pay. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military D. Employees may utilize their annual leave, s/he shall vacation, CTO, or any other earned leave credits for additional time required in excess of time allowed in A or B above. Sick leave may be entitled to utilized for Bereavement Leave in accordance with the Sick Leave provision of this agreement. E. Fractional time base (part-time) employees will be eligible for bereavement leave as provided in this Articleon pro rata basis, based on the employees’ fractional time base. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. ‌ Management's present practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be continued during the term of this MOU. Such practices shall be in accordance with Section 14.127.1(a)(d) of the LAAC, except as provided below for simultaneous, multiple family deaths. In For the event purposes of death in this Article, the definition of an immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, member shall include the employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's motherfather, father-in-law, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfathermother, mother-in-law, and father-in-lawbrother, sister, spouse’s , child, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, grandparents, great grandparents, great/grandchildren, step-parentparents, step-children or other members of the immediate household. Section 2. Employees step- children, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the Firefighting Division may use one employee’s household, a household member (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death person residing in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by household of the military to make up employee at the time taken off from military of death), and the following relatives of an employee’s domestic partner: child, great/grandchild, mother, father. Notwithstanding LAAC Section 4.127.1(a), for purposes of this Article, paid leave at full pay up to a maximum of six (6) working days will be allowed for simultaneous, multiple family deaths. Intermittent employees as defined by Section 4.110(b) of the LAAC shall not be entitled to compensated leave because of family deaths. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have an approved City Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or a registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership form on file in the Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, any employee who has accrued unused sick leave, s/he vacation, personal leave, or compensatory time off shall be allowed to use such leave or unpaid leave not to exceed two working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. Effective January 1, 2015, Unit members shall be entitled to use the bereavement leave as provided in granted under this Article. Section 4Article up until 370 calendar days from the date of death of the qualifying immediate family member. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found Bereavement leave not used prior to be fraudulent requests or use 370 calendar days from date of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial said death shall be subject to the grievance deemed waived and arbitration procedures of this Agreementlost.

Bereavement Leave. Management’s present practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be continued during the term of this MOU. Such practices of allowances for leave because of family deaths shall be in accordance with Section 14.127.1(a)(d) of the LAAC, except as provided below for simultaneous, multiple family deaths. In For the event purposes of death in this Article, the definition of an immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, member shall include the employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's motherfather, father-in-law, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfathermother, mother-in-law, and father-in-lawbrother, sister, spouse’s , child, grandparents, great/grandchildren, step-parentparents, step-children or other members of the immediate household. Section 2. Employees children, great grandparents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the Firefighting Division may use one employee’s household, a household member (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death person residing in the immediate household of the employee at the time of death), and the following relatives of an employee’s domestic partner: child, great/grandchild, mother, father. Notwithstanding LAAC Section 4.127.1(a), for purposes of this Article, paid leave at full pay up to a maximum of six working days will be allowed for simultaneous, multiple family anddeaths. Intermittent employees as defined by Section 4.110(b) of the LAAC shall not be entitled to compensated leave because of family deaths. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have an approved City Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or a registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership for on file in the Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, upon the approval of the appointing authority, any employee who has accrued unused sick leave at full pay shall be allowed sick leave with full pay not to exceed two working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave if it is necessary for the employee to travel a minimum of 1,500 miles one way, as a result, is required calculated by the military Automobile Association of America (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to make up the time taken off from military leaveappointing authority of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. Effective January 1, s/he 2015, Unit members shall be entitled to use the bereavement leave as provided in granted under this Article. Section 4Article up until 370 calendar days from the date of death of the qualifying immediate family member. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found Bereavement leave not used prior to be fraudulent requests or use 370 calendar days from date of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial said death shall be subject to the grievance deemed waived and arbitration procedures of this Agreementlost.

Bereavement Leave. ‌ A half-time employee, as defined in this MOU, shall qualify for bereavement leave. Such employees are eligible for a maximum of three (3) consecutive working days off per occurrence and shall be compensated for the hours normally scheduled during the period of the Bereavement Leave. Intermittent employees, as defined by Article 4.1 (Part-Time Employment) of this MOU, shall not be entitled to compensated leave because of family deaths. Management's practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be in accordance with Section 14.127.1a-d (Allowances for Leave Because of Family Deaths) of the LAAC. In For the event purposes of death this Article, the definition of an immediate family member shall include the father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, brother, sister, spouse, child, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ child, grandparent, grandchild, great-grandparent, great-grandchildren, stepparent, stepchild, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parent, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the employee's household, a household member (any person residing in the immediate family household of the employee at the time of death) and the following relatives of an employee’s domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one (1) occurrence. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have an approved City Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or a registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership on file in the Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, any employee who is otherwise assigned to dutyhas accrued unused sick leave, the employee vacation, personal leave, or compensatory time off shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted allowed to use such leave or unpaid leave not to exceed two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as outlined by this Section sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. Unit members shall be taken within fourteen entitled to use the bereavement leave granted under this Article (14) or the sick leave used for purposes of bereavement leave as described in this Article), up until 370 calendar days from the date of the death of the qualifying immediate family member. Such permission shall Bereavement leave days not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar used prior to 370 days from the date of the said death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, deemed waived and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate householdlost. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In the event of death in the immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, the employee Employees shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppressionbereavement leave pursuant to the July 2012 City of Atascadero Personnel System Rules. The City shall provide up to twenty-four (24) hours of paid bereavement leave for bereavement purposes. Bereavement purposes include (1) the death of a member of the employee’s immediate family, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date critical illness of a member of the employee’s immediate family where death appears to be imminent. The amount of the bereavement leave provided under this section is twenty four (24) hours per family member. Such permission shall not The employee may be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four required to submit proof of a relative's death or critical illness before final approval of leave is granted. For purposes of this section, “immediate family” means: spouse or domestic partner, parent (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chiefincluding biological, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen ▇▇▇▇▇▇, or adoptive parent, a stepparent, or a legal guardian), grandparent, grandchild, child (14) calendar days from the date including biological, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, or adopted child, a stepchild, a legal ▇▇▇▇, a child of the death a domestic partner, or a child of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, childperson standing in loco parentis), brother, sister, halfaunt, uncle, son-siblingsin-law, grandmother, grandfatherdaughter-in-law, mother-in-law, and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparentsbrother-in-law, grandchildren, stepsister- in-parent, steplaw or significant other. Twenty-children or other members four (24) hours of the immediate household. Section 2paid absence shall be considered "bereavement leave", and any remaining time shall be from other paid time off available to the employee. Employees When an employee has exhausted the bereavement leave provided in this section, the Firefighting Division employee may submit a request to his/her Department Head and request additional time off work. If approved, the employee must use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtimetheir other accrued paid leave. The employee may elect which accrued paid leave he/she shall use during the additional leave. However, employees who the employee may not use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three forty (340) occasions in any one yearhours of accrued sick leave for bereavement purposes. If the additional leave approved by the Department Head is longer than forty (40) hours, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military required to use accrued paid leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military other than sick leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. A. Leave due to family deaths shall be in accordance with LAAC Section 1. In the event 4.127.1, which provides for a maximum of three working days for each occurrence of a death in the employee’s immediate family. B. For the purpose of this Article, the definition of an immediate family member, notwithstanding the definition in LAAC Section 4.127.1, shall include the father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, brother, sister, spouse, child, step-parents, step-children, great/grandparents, great/grandchildren, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the employee’s household, a household member (any person residing in the immediate household of the employee at the time of death), and the following relatives of an employee's domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. C. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have a prescribed City Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or a registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership form on file in the Personnel Department Employee Benefits Office, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. D. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, upon the approval of the appointing authority, any employee who is otherwise assigned to dutyhas accrued unused sick leave at full pay, the employee shall be granted time off allowed sick leave with full pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted not to exceed two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave if it is necessary for the employee to travel a minimum of 1,500 miles one way, as outlined determined by the Automobile Association of America (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this Section provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to the appointing authority of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. E. Effective upon implementation of this MOU, members of this Unit shall be taken within fourteen entitled to use the bereavement leave granted under this Article (14or the sick leave used for purposes of bereavement leave as described in this Article) up until three hundred and seventy (370) calendar days from the date of the death of the qualifying MOU63-21 immediate family member. Such permission shall Bereavement leave days not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) used prior to 370 calendar days from the date of the said death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, deemed waived and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate householdlost. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In ‌ An employee who is absent from work by reason of the event death of a member of his/her immediate family shall, upon the approval of the appointing authority be allowed a leave of absence with full pay for a maximum of three working days for each occurrence of a death in the employee's immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, the family. The employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by entitled to use this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar leave up to 370 days from the date of the death of the qualifying family member. Such permission shall Bereavement Leave not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) used prior to 370 calendar days from the date of said death shall be deemed waived and lost. Such employees shall furnish a death certificate or other satisfactory proof of the death of to justify the family memberabsence. Such permission "Immediate family" shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's motherinclude father, father-in-law, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfathermother, mother-in-law, and father-in-lawbrother, sister, spouse’s grandparents, child, grandfather, grandmother, stepparents, stepchildren, grandchildren, step-▇▇▇▇▇▇ parent, step-children or other members ▇▇▇▇▇▇ child, any relative who resided in the employee's household, the domestic partner of an employee, and the following relatives of the immediate household. Section 2domestic partner: mother, father, child, grandchild. Employees For the purpose of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall complete a confidential affidavit to be filed in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which shall be signed by the City employee only, declaring the existence of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shiftsa domestic partnership with a named domestic partner. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled addition to bereavement leave as provided in granted under this Article. Section 4. The Chief , upon the approval of Management, any employee who has accrued unused 100% sick leave shall have discretion in cases that are found be allowed 100% sick leave not to be fraudulent requests or use exceed two working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave if it is necessary for the employee to deny any employee such travel a minimum of 1,500 miles one way, as calculated by the Automobile Association of America (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to Management of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall not be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreementcounted as sick leave in any Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In An employee who is absent from work by reason of the event death of a member of his/her immediate family shall, upon the approval of the appointing authority, be allowed a leave of absence with full pay for a maximum of three working days for each occurrence of a death in the employee's immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, the family. The employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by entitled to use this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar leave up to 370 days from the date of the death of the qualifying family member. Such permission shall Bereavement Leave not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) used prior to 370 calendar days from the date of said death shall be deemed waived and lost. Such employees shall furnish a death certificate or other satisfactory proof of the death of to justify the family memberabsence. Such permission "Immediate family" shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's motherinclude, father, legal spousefather-in-law, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfathermother, mother-in-law, and father-in-lawbrother, sister, spouse’s grandparents, child, grandfather, grandmother, stepparents, stepchildren, grandchildren, step-▇▇▇▇▇▇ parent, step-children or other members ▇▇▇▇▇▇ child, any relative who resided in the employee's household, the domestic partner of an employee, and the following relatives of the immediate household. Section 2domestic partner: mother, father, child, grandchild. Employees For the purpose of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall complete a confidential affidavit to be filed in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which shall be signed by the City employee only, declaring the existence of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shiftsa domestic partnership with a named domestic partner. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled addition to bereavement leave as provided in granted under this Article. Section 4. The Chief , upon the approval of Management, any employee who has accrued unused 100% sick leave shall have discretion in cases that are found be allowed 100% sick leave not to be fraudulent requests or use exceed two working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave if it is necessary for the employee to deny any employee such travel a minimum of 1,500 miles one way, as calculated by the Automobile Association of America (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to Management of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall not be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreementcounted as sick leave in any Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In An employee who is absent from work by reason of the event death of a member of his/her immediate family shall, upon the approval of the appointing authority be allowed a leave of absence with full pay for a maximum of three working days for each occurrence of a death in the employee's immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, the family. The employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by entitled to use this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar leave up to 370 days from the date of the death of the qualifying family member. Such permission shall Bereavement Leave not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) used prior to 370 calendar days from the date of said death shall be deemed waived and lost. Such employees shall furnish a death certificate or other satisfactory proof of the death of to justify the family memberabsence. Such permission "Immediate family” shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's motherinclude father, father-in-law, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfathermother, mother-in-law, and father-in-lawbrother, sister, spouse’s grandparents, child, grandfather, grandmother, stepparents, stepchildren, grandchildren, step-▇▇▇▇▇▇ parent, step-children or other members ▇▇▇▇▇▇ child, any relative who resided in the employee's household, the domestic partner of an employee, and the following relatives of the immediate household. Section 2domestic partner: mother, father, child, grandchild. Employees For the purpose of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall complete a confidential affidavit to be filed in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which shall be signed by the City employee only, declaring the existence of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shiftsa domestic partnership with a named domestic partner. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled addition to bereavement leave as provided in granted under this Article. Section 4. The Chief , upon the approval of Management, any employee who has accrued unused 100% sick leave shall have discretion in cases that are found be allowed 100% sick leave not to be fraudulent requests or use exceed two working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave if it is necessary for the employee to deny any employee such travel a minimum of 1,500 miles one way, as calculated by the Automobile Association of America (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to Management of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall not be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreementcounted as sick leave in any Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In the event of death in the immediate family of an An employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, the employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour absent from work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date reason of the death of a member of his/her immediate family shall, upon the family member. Such permission shall not approval of the appointing authority or the agent thereof designated to determine such matters, be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four allowed a leave of absence with full pay for a maximum of three (43) working days off following for each occurrence of a death in the deathemployee's immediate family. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section Such employees shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date furnish a death certificate or other satisfactory proof of the death of to justify the family memberabsence. Such permission "Immediate family” shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, include father, legal spousefather- in-law, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfathermother, mother-in-law, and father-in-lawbrother, sister, spouse’s grandparents, child, grandfather, grandmother, stepparents, stepchildren, grandchildren, stepany relative who resided in the employee's MOU05-parent22 household, step-children or other members and the domestic partner of an employee. For the purpose of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. Bereavement Leave may be taken during a period of up to three hundred seventy (370) calendar days after the occurrence. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall complete a confidential affidavit to be filed in the Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which shall be signed by the City employee only, declaring the existence of a domestic partnership with a named domestic partner. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under the Article, upon the approval of the immediate household. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. Howeverappointing authority, employees any employee who use their second bereavement has accrued unused sick leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one yearat full pay, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost allowed sick leave with full pay not to exceed two working days per occurrence for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use purpose of bereavement leave if it is necessary for the employee to deny any employee such travel a minimum of one thousand five hundred (1,500) miles one way, as calculated by the Auto Association of America (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to the appointing authority of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall not be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreementcounted as sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program.

Bereavement Leave. Section 137.1 DEFINITIONS – shall be applied as current relationships at time of death. In Fiancée shall mean a person to whom an employee is engaged to be married. Child shall mean son, step-son, daughter, step-daughter, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ child, ▇▇▇▇. ▇▇▇▇ shall mean a minor or adult under the care of a legal guardian. Immediate family member shall be interpreted to mean the following relatives: EMPLOYEE CURRENT SPOUSE Grand-parent Grand-parent Parent Parent Sibling Sibling Spouse of sibling Spouse Child Son-in-law/Daughter-in-law Grandchild 37.2 Bereavement leave with pay shall be granted to all temporary employees who have one thousand (1000) regular hours paid and all permanent employees in the event of a death in the of an immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned member. It shall include up to dutyand including three (3) regularly scheduled working days, the employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall to be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days of the death or a longer period if mutually agreeable between the employee and the supervisor. 37.3 Up to ten (10) additional working days of bereavement leave without pay, vacation pay or banked overtime, shall be granted upon request. 37.4 An employee may request additional time, in addition to Article 37.3, as reasonably necessary, and may be granted as leave without pay, vacation pay, or banked overtime, with the provision that all applications for such extensions must be submitted at the time of the original request, unless extenuating circumstances justify otherwise. 37.5 A temporary employee with less than one thousand (1000) regular hours paid, upon request, shall be granted one (1) day's absence from work, at his classified rate of pay in the date event of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withhelda member of his immediate family. B. Other employees 37.6 An employee shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate household. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use allowed one (1) shift working day off without pay to attend a funeral to act as a pallbearer. 37.7 The City may request proper evidence to substantiate any application for bereavement leave. 38 SICK LEAVE 38.1 Sick leave is an insurance provided by the City. The parties hereto agree to cooperate in monitoring sick leave usage among the members of Bereavement Leave without loss CUPE Local 46. Early intervention to assist employees in maintaining a healthy life style is the guiding principal in order to assist them in an early return to work. Local 46 encourages all members to be aware of F.L.S.A. overtimethe value of paid sick leave to ensure its continuation for the benefit of all members. 38.2 Each permanent employee shall be entitled to an allowance for sickness to the extent of one and one-half (1.5) working days per month. However, The unused portion shall be accumulated to a maximum of two hundred (200) days. 38.3 Temporary employees who use their second bereavement leave shift having accumulated two thousand (2000) regular hours paid shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime be entitled to the allowance for both bereavement leave shifts. In sickness to the event extent of one and one-half (1.5) working days per month of service to a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than maximum accumulation of two hundred (200) days. 38.4 An employee may be required to produce a certificate from a qualified medical practitioner for any illness in excess of three (3) occasions in any one yearconsecutive working days, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for certifying that such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is unable to carry out his duties due to illness. Notwithstanding the foregoing the City reserves the right to request a doctor's certificate for just and reasonable cause at any time when a claim for sick pay is being made. 38.5 Where the City has reason to doubt the justification of the cause of absence, the employee shall submit to the Department Head on military request, a statement signed by him within two (2) weeks of being required to so do, stating the cause and effect of the necessity of absence satisfactory to both parties of this Collective Agreement. Failing this, he may be subject to disciplinary action which may include dismissal. 38.6 An employee who takes sick while on annual vacation shall be allowed to use sick days from his accumulated sick leave during the occurrence of provided a death in the immediate family and, as a result, doctor's certificate is required by the military produced to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he prove illness. The employee shall be entitled to bereavement holidays at a later date. 38.7 Sick leave provisions may be used for complications due to pregnancy, up to the date the employee would have commenced maternity leave as provided in this Articleauthorized by her physician. Section 438.8 An employee who is sick, disabled, or injured, including occupational injury, must apply for long-term disability prior to the expiry of the elimination period in accordance with the long term disability plan. The Chief City agrees to undertake the responsibility of advising an employee to submit the necessary forms in a timely manner to ensure, where possible, no delay in receipt of long term disability (LTD) payments. It is understood that an employee shall have discretion not be permitted to use his accumulated sick time beyond the elimination period in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use accordance with the LTD plan on any single occurrence provided he is in receipt of bereavement leave to deny LTD payments. Upon approval of LTD, any sick pay received by the employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial beyond the elimination period in accordance with the LTD plan shall be subject refunded to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this AgreementCity by the employee or the LTD carrier. An employee shall not re-access his sick leave bank prior to returning to employment.

Bereavement Leave. ‌ A half-time employee, as defined in this MOU, shall qualify for bereavement leave. Such employees are eligible for a maximum of three (3) consecutive working days off per occurrence and shall be compensated for the hours normally scheduled during the period of the Bereavement Leave. Intermittent employees, as defined by Article 4.1 (Part-Time Employment) of this MOU, shall not be entitled to compensated leave because of family deaths. Management’s practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be in accordance with Section 14.127.1a-d (Allowances for Leave Because of Family Deaths) of the LAAC. In For the event purposes of death this Article, the definition of an immediate family member shall include the father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, brother, sister, spouse, child, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ child, grandparent, grandchild, great-grandparent, great-grandchildren, stepparent, stepchild, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parent, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the employee's household, a household member (any person residing in the immediate family household of the employee at the time of death) and the following relatives of an employee’s domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one (1) occurrence. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have an approved City Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or a registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership on file in the Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, any employee who is otherwise assigned to dutyhas accrued unused sick leave, the employee vacation, personal leave, or compensatory time off shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted allowed to use such leave or unpaid leave not to exceed two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as outlined by this Section sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. Unit members shall be taken within fourteen entitled to use the bereavement leave granted under this Article (14) or the sick leave used for purposes of bereavement leave as described in this Article), up until 370 calendar days from the date of the death of the qualifying immediate family member. Such permission shall Bereavement leave days not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar used prior to 370 days from the date of the said death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, deemed waived and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate householdlost. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In the event A leave of death in the absence for bereavement will be granted with pay up to a maximum of five consecutive scheduled working days for a spouse (legal or common-law, including a same sex partner), child, step- child, parent, parent-in-law and/or step-parent and three consecutive scheduled working days for all others defined below as immediate family (exclusive of an employee who is otherwise assigned to dutySaturdays, the employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire SuppressionSundays, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leaveholidays). The immediate family shall be being defined as as, the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child(legal or common-law, brotherincluding a same-sex partner), sisterchildren, halfstep-siblingschildren, grandmothergrandchildren, grandfather, motherson- in-law and daughter-in-law, and fatherparents, parents-in-law, spouse’s step-parents, grandparents, grandchildrengreat-grandparents, grandparents of the current spouse, brothers, step-parentbrothers, brothers-in-law, sisters, step-children or other members sisters and sisters-in- law. In the case of death of aunts, uncles, great aunts, great uncles, nieces and nephews of the immediate household. Section 2. Employees in employee or the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift employee's spouse, the day of Bereavement Leave the funeral, if it is a normally scheduled working day will be granted without loss of F.L.S.A. overtimepay, provided that the employee attends such funeral. HoweverA one day unpaid leave will be granted for an employee to attend the funeral for a friend or other person not covered in the Collective Agreement or Employment Standards Act. This leave will be allowed three times in the term of the Agreement. (Employee’s must be able to provide proof of attendance if required) Employees will be entitled unpaid time to attend only the funeral service of a co-worker, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shiftsco-worker’s spouse or child limited by departmental staffing requirements. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement all cases, additional days off may be requested as leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3of absence. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of If a death in the immediate family andoccurs while an employee is on vacation, as a result, is required by the military leave of absence with pay of up to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he a maximum of three consecutive working days shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4granted an employee attending the funeral. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee Vacation days scheduled for a period covered by such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall may be re-scheduled subject to the grievance approval of management and arbitration procedures provided they do not interfere with scheduled vacations of this Agreementother employees regardless of seniority.

Bereavement Leave. ‌ A. Leave due to family deaths shall be in accordance with LAAC Section 1. In the event 4.127.1, which provides for a maximum of three working days for each occurrence of a death in the employee’s immediate family. B. For the purpose of this Article, the definition of an immediate family member, notwithstanding the definition in LAAC Section 4.127.1, shall include the father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, brother, sister, spouse, child, step-parents, step-children, great/grandparents, great/grandchildren, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the employee’s household, a household member (any person residing in the immediate household of the employee at the time of death), and the following relatives of an employee's domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. C. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have a prescribed City Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or a registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership form on file in the Personnel Department Employee Benefits Office, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. D. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, upon the approval of the appointing authority, any employee who is otherwise assigned to dutyhas accrued unused sick leave at full pay, the employee shall be granted time off allowed sick leave with full pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted not to exceed two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave if it is necessary for the employee to travel a minimum of 1,500 miles one way, as outlined determined by the Automobile Association of America (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this Section provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to the appointing authority of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. E. Effective upon implementation of this MOU, members of this Unit shall be taken within fourteen entitled to use the bereavement leave granted under this Article (14or the sick leave used for purposes of bereavement leave as described in this Article) up until three hundred and seventy (370) calendar days from the date of the death of the qualifying immediate family member. Such permission shall Bereavement leave days not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) used prior to 370 calendar days from the date of the said death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, deemed waived and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate householdlost. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Management's present practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be continued during the term of this MOU. Such practices of allowances for leave because of family deaths shall be in accordance with Section 14.127.1a-d of the LAAC. In For the event purposes of death this Article, the definition of an immediate family member, as defined in Section 4.127.1 of the LAAC, shall include the father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, brother, sister, spouse, child, grandparents, grandchildren, step-parents, step-children, great-grandparents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the employee's household, a household member (any person residing in the immediate family household of the employee at the time of death) and the following relatives of an employee’s domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. Intermittent employees as defined by Article 9 of this MOU shall not be entitled to compensated leave because of family deaths. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have an approved City Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership form on file in the Employee Benefits Division, Personnel Department, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, upon the approval of the appointing authority, any employee who has accrued unused sick leave at full pay shall be allowed sick leave with full pay not to exceed two working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave if it is otherwise assigned to duty, necessary for the employee to travel a minimum of 1,500 miles one way, as calculated by the Automobile Association of America (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to the appointing authority of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. Members of this Unit shall be entitled to use the bereavement leave granted time off with pay under this Article (or the sick leave used for purposes of bereavement leave as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppressiondescribed in this Article), Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) up until 370 calendar days from the date of the death of the qualifying immediate family member. Such permission shall Bereavement leave dates not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) used prior to 370 calendar days from the date of the said death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, deemed waived and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate householdlost. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Management's present practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be continued during the term of this MOU. Such practices of allowances for leave because of family deaths shall be in accordance with Section 14.127.1a-d of the LAAC. In For the event purposes of death this Article, the definition of an immediate family member, as defined in Section 4.127.1 of the LAAC, shall include the father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in- law, brother, sister, spouse, child, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, grandparents, grandchildren, great- grandparents, step-parents, step-children, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the employee's household, a household member (any person residing in the immediate family household of the employee at the time of death) and the following relatives of an employee’s domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. Intermittent employees as defined by Article 6.1 of this MOU shall not be entitled to compensated leave because of family deaths. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have an approved City Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership form on file in the Employee Benefits Division, Personnel Department, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, any employee who is otherwise assigned to dutyhas accrued unused sick leave, the employee vacation, personal leave, or compensatory time off shall be granted time off with pay allowed to use such leave or unpaid leave not to exceed two working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. Members of this Unit shall be entitled to use the bereavement leave granted two under this Article (2) shifts off following or the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chiefsick leave used for purposes of bereavement leave as described in this Article), the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) up until 370 calendar days from the date of the death of the qualifying immediate family member. Such permission shall Bereavement leave dates not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) used prior to 370 calendar days from the date of the said death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, deemed waived and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate householdlost. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. A. Leave due to family deaths shall be in accordance with LAAC Section 1. In the event 4.127.1, which provides for a maximum of three (3) working days for each occurrence of a death in the employee’s immediate family. B. For the purpose of this Article, the definition of an immediate family member, notwithstanding the definition in LAAC Section 4.127.1, shall include the father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, brother, sister, spouse, child, step-parents, step-children, great/grandparents, great/grandchildren, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the employee’s household, a household member (any person residing in the immediate household of the employee at the time of death), and the following relatives of an employee's domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. C. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have a prescribed City Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or a registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership form on file in the Personnel Department Employee Benefits Office, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. D. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, upon the approval of the appointing authority, any employee who is otherwise assigned to dutyhas accrued unused sick leave at full pay, the employee shall be granted time off allowed sick leave with full pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted not to exceed two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave if it is necessary for the employee to travel a minimum of 1,500 miles one way, as outlined determined by the Automobile Association of America (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this Section provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to the appointing authority of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. E. Effective upon implementation of this MOU, members of this Unit shall be taken within fourteen entitled to use the bereavement leave granted under this Article (14or the sick leave used for purposes of bereavement leave as described in this Article) up until three hundred and seventy (370) calendar days from the date of the death of the qualifying immediate family member. Such permission shall Bereavement leave days not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) used prior to 370 calendar days from the date of the said death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, deemed waived and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate householdlost. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Section A. Effective July 1. In , 2002, a department head or designee shall authorize bereavement leave with pay for a permanent or probationary full-time State employee due to the event death of his/her parent, stepparent, spouse, domestic partner who has been certified with the Secretary of State’s Office in accordance with AB 26 (Chapter 588, Statutes of 1999), child, adopted child, stepchild, sister, brother, or death of any person residing in the immediate family household of an the employee who is otherwise assigned at the time of death. An intervening period of absence for medical reasons shall not be disqualifying when, immediately prior to dutythe absence, the person resided in the household of the employee. Such bereavement leave shall be authorized for up to three eight-hour days (24 hours) per occurrence. The employee shall be granted time off give notice to his/her immediate supervisor as soon as possible and shall, if requested by the employee’s supervisor, provide substantiation to support the request upon the employee’s return to work. B. A department head or designee shall authorize bereavement leave with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of for a permanent full-time or probationary full-time employee due to the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chiefgrandchild, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practicegrandparent, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirementsaunt, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's motheruncle, fatherniece, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfathernephew, mother-in-law, and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparentsdaughter-in-law, grandchildrenson-in-law, stepsister-parentin-law, stepor brother-children or other members of the immediate household. Section 2in-law. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second Such bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime be authorized for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than up to three (3) occasions eight-hour days (24 hours) in any a fiscal year. The employee shall give notice to his/her immediate supervisor as soon as possible and shall, if requested by the employee’s supervisor, provide substantiation to support the request. C. If the death of a person as described above requires the employee to travel over four hundred (400) miles one yearway from his/her home, F.L.S.A. overtime additional time off with pay shall be lost granted for such two (2) additional days which shall be deducted from accrued leave. Should additional leave and each occasion thereafterbe necessary, the department head or designee may authorize the use of other existing leave credits or authorized leave without pay. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military D. Employees may utilize their annual leave, s/he shall vacation, CTO, or any other earned leave credits for additional time required in excess of time allowed in A. or B. above. Sick leave may be entitled to utilized for Bereavement Leave in accordance with the Sick Leave provision of this agreement. E. Fractional time base (part-time) employees will be eligible for bereavement leave as provided in this Articleon pro rata basis, based on the employees’ fractional time base. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In ‌ An employee who is absent from work by reason of the event death of a member of his/her immediate family shall, upon the approval of the appointing authority , be allowed a leave of absence with full pay for a maximum of three (3) working days for each occurrence of a death in the employee's immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, the family. The employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two entitled to use this leave up to three hundred seventy (42370) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the qualifying family member. Such permission shall Bereavement Leave not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four used prior to three hundred seventy (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14370) calendar days from the date of said death shall be deemed waived and lost. Such employees shall furnish a death certificate or other satisfactory proof of the death of to justify the family memberabsence. Such permission "Immediate family" shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's motherinclude, father, legal spousefather-in-law, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfathermother, mother-in-law, and father-in-lawbrother, sister, spouse’s grandparents, child, grandfather, grandmother, stepparents, stepchildren, grandchildren, step-▇▇▇▇▇▇ parent, step-children or other members ▇▇▇▇▇▇ child, any relative who resided in the employee's household, the domestic partner of an employee, and the following relatives of the immediate household. Section 2domestic partner: mother, father, child, grandchild. Employees in For the Firefighting Division may use purpose of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one (1) shift occurrence. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of Bereavement Leave without loss this Article shall complete a confidential affidavit to be filed in the Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which shall be signed by the City employee only, declaring the existence of F.L.S.A. overtimea domestic partnership with a named domestic partner. However, employees who use their second In addition to the bereavement leave shift granted under this Article, any employee who has accrued unused sick leave, vacation, personal leave, or other compensatory time off, shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime be allowed to use such leave, or unpaid leave, not to exceed two (2) working days (16 hours) per occurrence for both the purpose of bereavement leave. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement shall not be counted as sick leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafterSick Leave Use Monitoring Program. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. A half-time employee, as defined in this MOU, shall qualify for bereavement leave. Such employees are eligible for a maximum of three (3) consecutive working days off per occurrence and shall be compensated for the hours normally scheduled during the period of the Bereavement Leave. Intermittent employees, as defined by Article 4.1 of this MOU, shall not be entitled to compensated leave because of family deaths. Management's practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be in accordance with Section 14.127.1a-d of the LAAC. In For the event purposes of death this Article, the definition of an immediate family member shall include the father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, brother, sister, spouse, child, grandparents, (great) grandchildren, step-parents, step-children, great-grandparents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the employee's household, a household member (any person residing in the immediate family household of the employee at the time of death) and the following relatives of an employee’s domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have an approved City Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or a registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership on file in the Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, upon the approval of the appointing authority, any employee who has accrued unused sick leave at full pay shall be allowed sick leave with full pay not to exceed two working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave if it is otherwise assigned to duty, necessary for the employee to travel a minimum of 1,500 miles one way, as calculated by the Automobile Association of America (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to the appointing authority of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. Members of this Unit shall be entitled to use the bereavement leave granted time off with pay under this Article (or the sick leave used for purposes of bereavement leave as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppressiondescribed in this Article), Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) up until 370 calendar days from the date of the death of the qualifying immediate family member. Such permission shall Bereavement leave days not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar used prior to 370 days from the date of the said death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, deemed waived and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate householdlost. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In An employee who is absent from work by reason of the event death of a member of his/her immediate family shall, upon the approval of the appointing authority , be allowed a leave of absence with full pay for a maximum of three working days for each occurrence of a death in the employee's immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, the family. The employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by entitled to use this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar leave up to 370 days from the date of the death of the qualifying family member. Such permission shall Bereavement Leave not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) used prior to 370 calendar days from the date of said death shall be deemed waived and lost. Such employees shall furnish a death certificate or other satisfactory proof of the death of to justify the family memberabsence. Such permission "Immediate family" shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's motherinclude, father, legal spousefather-in-law, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfathermother, mother-in-law, and father-in-lawbrother, sister, spouse’s grandparents, child, grandfather, grandmother, stepparents, stepchildren, grandchildren, step-▇▇▇▇▇▇ parent, step-children or other members ▇▇▇▇▇▇ child, any relative who resided in the employee's household, the domestic partner of an employee, and the following relatives of the immediate household. Section 2domestic partner: mother, father, child, grandchild. Employees For the purpose of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall complete a confidential affidavit to be filed in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which shall be signed by the City employee only, declaring the existence of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtimea domestic partnership with a named domestic partner. However, employees who use their second In addition to the bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement granted under this Article, upon the approval of Management, any employee who has accrued unused 100% sick leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost allowed 100% sick leave not to exceed two working days per occurrence for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use purpose of bereavement leave if it is necessary for the employee to deny any employee such travel a minimum of 1,500 miles one way, as calculated by the Automobile Association of America (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to Management of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall not be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreementcounted as sick leave in any Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In 9.01 Abereavement leave of absence of five (5) consecutive days, including theday of the event of funeral, will be granted to an employee upon a death in his or her immediate family. Where any such day occurs on a regularly scheduled working day for the immediate family employee, he or she shall be paid on the basis of an the standard number of hours which he or she otherwise would have worked at regular salary plus applicable shift differential. The employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, may be granted additional bereavement leave without pay at the discretion of the Employer. The employee shall be granted time off with pay notify the Employer as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off soon as possible following the death. 9.02 Immediate family for the purpose of Article 9.01 shall mean father, mother, sister, brother, spouse (including common-law and same sex) or children (including strep children) and any relative living with the employee. 9.03 A bereavement leave of absence of up to three (3) consecutive days, including the day of the funeral, will be granted upon request to an employee upon a death in his or her family. Unless exclusive permission is received from Where any such day occurs on a regularly scheduled working day for the Fire Chiefemployee, the working days as outlined by this Section he or she shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from paid on the date basis of the death standard number of hours which he or she otherwise would have worked at regular salary plus applicable shift differential. The employee may, in exceptional circumstances, be granted additional bereavement leave without pay at the discretion of the family memberEmployer. Such permission The employee shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off notify the Employer as soon as possible following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice9.04 Familyshall mean step-father, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's step-mother, fatherstep-children, legal spousestep-brothers, childstep- sisters, brother, sister, halffather- in-siblings, grandmother, grandfatherlaw, mother-in-law, and fatherson-in-law, spouse’s grandparentsdaughter-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, grandchildren, stepgreat grandchildren, grandparents, great grandparents, grandparents-parent, stepin- ▇▇▇▇▇▇ great-children or other members of the immediate householdgrandparents-in-law. Section 2. 9.05 Employees in who are required to leave the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second country to attend a funeral or attend to matters relating to a bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime under article 9.01 or 9.03 shall be lost for such granted an extended unpaid leave and each occasion thereafterof absence. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Management's present practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be continued during the term of this MOU. Such practices of allowances for leave because of family deaths shall be in accordance with Section 14.127.1a-d of the LAAC. In For the event purposes of death in this Article, the definition of an immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned to dutymember, the employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this defined in Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date 4.127.1 of the death of LAAC, shall include the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's motherfather, father-in-law, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfathermother, mother-in-law, and father-in-lawbrother, sister, spouse’s , child, grandparents, grandchildren, step-parentparents, step-children or other members of the immediate household. Section 2. Employees children, great-grandparents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the Firefighting Division may use one employee's household, a household member (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death person residing in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by household of the military to make up employee at the time taken off from military leaveof death), s/he and the following relatives of an employee’s domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. Intermittent employees as defined by Section 4.110(b) of the LAAC shall not be entitled to compensated leave because of family deaths. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall complete a confidential affidavit to be filed in the Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which shall be signed by the City employee and domestic partner, declaring the existence of a domestic partnership with a named domestic partner. No affidavit is required to secure bereavement leave as provided benefits arising from the death of a household member (any person residing in the immediate household of the employee at the time of death). By extending to an employee the specific benefits defined by this Article. Section 4, the City does not intend to confer or to imply any other unspecified benefits to such employee, or to the employee's domestic partner, or to the employee's household members, or to any other person. The Chief In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, upon the approval of the appointing authority, any employee who has accrued unused sick leave at full pay shall have discretion in cases that are found be allowed sick leave with full pay not to be fraudulent requests or use exceed two working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave if it is necessary for the employee to deny any employee such travel a minimum of 1,500 miles one way, as calculated by the Automobile Association of America (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to the appointing authority of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall not be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreementcounted as sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In the event of death in the immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, the employee Employees shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppressionbereavement leave pursuant to the July 2012 City of Atascadero Personnel System Rules. The City shall provide up to twenty-four (24) hours of paid bereavement leave for bereavement purposes. Bereavement purposes include (1) the death of a member of the employee’s immediate family, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date critical illness of a member of the employee’s immediate family where death appears to be imminent. The amount of the bereavement leave provided under this section is twenty four (24) hours per family member. Such permission shall not The employee may be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four required to submit proof of a relative's death or critical illness before final approval of leave is granted. For purposes of this section, “immediate family” means: spouse or domestic partner, parent (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chiefincluding biological, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen ▇▇▇▇▇▇, or adoptive parent, a stepparent, or a legal guardian), grandparent, grandchild, child (14) calendar days from the date including biological, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, or adopted child, a stepchild, a legal ▇▇▇▇, a child of the death a domestic partner, or a child of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, childperson standing in loco parentis), brother, sister, halfaunt, uncle, son-siblingsin-law, grandmother, grandfatherdaughter-in-law, mother-in-law, and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparentsbrother-in-law, grandchildren, stepsister-parent, stepin-children law or other members significant other. Twenty-four (24) hours of the immediate household. Section 2paid absence shall be considered "bereavement leave", and any remaining time shall be from other paid time off available to the employee. Employees When an employee has exhausted the bereavement leave provided in this section, the Firefighting Division employee may submit a request to his/her Department Head and request additional time off work. If approved, the employee must use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtimetheir other accrued paid leave. The employee may elect which accrued paid leave he/she shall use during the additional leave. However, employees who the employee may not use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three forty (340) occasions in any one yearhours of accrued sick leave for bereavement purposes. If the additional leave approved by the Department Head is longer than forty (40) hours, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military required to use accrued paid leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military other than sick leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In the event of death in the immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, the employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate household. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. FLSA overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. FLSA overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. FLSA overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In the event Eligible employees may use up to 10 workdays of death in the immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, the employee shall be granted time off with pay as followsunpaid bereavement leave to: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (421) hour work week shall be granted two (attend the funeral or service of a covered family member; 2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined make arrangements necessitated by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the a covered family member; or 3) be absent from work due to: a) a miscarriage, b) unsuccessful round of intrauterine insemination or assisted reproductive technology procedure; c) a failed or unfinalized adoption; d) a failed surrogacy agreement; e) a diagnosis that negatively impacts pregnancy or fertility; or f) a stillbirth. Such permission shall not To be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working eligible, an employee must have worked at least 1,000 hours with the District during the prior 12-month period. If an employee has paid sick leave or personal days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chiefavailable, the working days as outlined by this Section shall paid leave must be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from substituted for the date unpaid leave. For purposes of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practicebereavement leave, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the covered family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the means an employee's mother’s child, fatherstepchild, legal spouse, childdomestic partner, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfatherparents, mother-in-law, and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparentsgrandchild, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children grandparent or other members stepparent. Bereavement leave must be completed within 60 days after the date on which the employee receives notice of death or the date on which an event listed under (3) occurs. Employees shall provide at least 48 hours’ advance notice of the immediate household. Section 2intention to take bereavement leave, unless such notice is not practicable. Employees in The District may require reasonable documentation of the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift need for the leave. Administration of the leave shall be consistent with the Family Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement Act and may not exceed unpaid leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shiftstime allowed under the FMLA. In the event case of the death of a Fire Fighter uses bereavement close personal friend or a family member not included in the definition of covered family member, up to two (2) days leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime per school year shall be lost for such granted with pay and be deducted, at the teacher’s discretion, from accumulated sick leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3or personal leave. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family andIf required, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use additional days of bereavement leave may be applied for to deny any employee such bereavement leave providedthe Superintendent or designee, howeverand these days, that such denial if granted, shall be subject deducted, at the teacher’s discretion, from accumulated sick leave or personal leave. If sick leave and personal leave are exhausted, additional bereavement days may be applied for to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this AgreementSuperintendent or designee as leave without pay.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In the event Employees covered by this agreement will be allowed time off without loss of pay for up to five (5) days from their accumulated sick leave following a death in the immediate family. The immediate family for this article shall be defined as spouse, child, sibling, parent or anyone who lives in the teacher’s household. Employees covered by this agreement will be allowed time off without loss of pay for up to three(3) days from their accumulated sick leave following the death of a relative of an employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, the employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother’s aunt, uncle, great- grand parent, grandparent, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfatherin-law, mother-in-law, and fatherdaughter-in- law, son-in-law, spouse’s grandparentsbrother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children niece or other members nephew. Said bereavement days shall be the day of the immediate household. Section 2. Employees in funeral and the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift time so granted for the purpose of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shiftsattending the said funeral. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions falls at a time in any one yearthe school year when the member has exceeded his/her allowable sick leave days, F.L.S.A. overtime the use of additional paid leave days shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafterallowed. In no event will an employee be denied access to necessary bereavement days. Section 1. All professional employees covered by this contract shall participate in the SLB. The SLB accumulated days will cap at 900 days at any time. 2. SLB benefits will be granted only in cases of prolonged illnesses from which recovery and return to work are probable based on appropriate medical evidence. SLB benefits are limited as detailed in Appendix B. 3. In A participating member may request up to and including five (5) days from the event SLB in his initial request for personal illness only, provided all his leave has been exhausted. After the (sick) leave initially granted from the SLB has been used, the participating member may then request up to and including an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required additional thirty (30) days. Cases will be reviewed by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this ArticleSLB Committee. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found Authorization for application of bank days to an individual's record must be fraudulent requests or use signed by all three members of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this AgreementSLB Committee.

Bereavement Leave. ‌ A. Management’s present practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be continued during the term of this MOU. Such practices of allowances for leave because of family deaths shall be in accordance with LAAC Section 1. In the event 4.127.1(a) – (d) which provides for a maximum of three (3) working days for each occurrence of a death in the employee’s immediate family. B. For the purpose of this Article, the definition of an immediate family member, notwithstanding LAAC Section 4.127.1, shall include the father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, brother, sister, spouse, child, grandparents, grandchildren, step-parents, step-children, great-grandparents, great-grandchildren, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the employee’s household, a household member (any person residing in the immediate household of the employee at the time of death), and the following relatives of an employee’s domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. C. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have an approved City Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or a registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership form on file in the Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. D. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, any employee who is otherwise assigned to dutyhas accrued unused sick leave, the employee vacation, personal leave, or compensatory time off, shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppressionallowed to use such leave or unpaid leave, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted not to exceed two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave. E. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as outlined by sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. F. Members of this Section Unit shall be taken within fourteen entitled to use the bereavement leave granted under this Article (14) or the sick leave used for purposes of bereavement leave as described in this Article), up until 370 calendar days from the date of the death of the qualifying immediate family member. Such permission shall Bereavement leave days not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) used prior to 370 calendar days from the date of the said death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, deemed waived and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate householdlost. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In An employee who is absent from work by reason of the event death of a member of his/her immediate family shall, upon the approval of the appointing authority be allowed a leave of absence with full pay for a maximum of three working days for each occurrence of a death in the employee's immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, the family. The employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by entitled to use this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar leave up to 370 days from the date of the death of the qualifying family member. Such permission shall Bereavement Leave not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) used prior to 370 calendar days from the date of said death shall be deemed waived and lost. Such employees shall furnish a death certificate or other satisfactory proof of the death of to justify the family memberabsence. Such permission "Immediate family" shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's motherinclude father, father-in-law, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfathermother, mother-in-law, and father-in-lawbrother, sister, spouse’s grandparents, child, grandfather, grandmother, stepparents, stepchildren, grandchildren, step-▇▇▇▇▇▇ parent, step-children or other members ▇▇▇▇▇▇ child, any relative who resided in the employee's household, the domestic partner of an employee, and the following relatives of the immediate household. Section 2domestic partner: mother, father, child, grandchild. Employees For the purpose of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall complete a confidential affidavit to be filed in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which shall be signed by the City employee only, declaring the existence of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shiftsa domestic partnership with a named domestic partner. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled addition to bereavement leave as provided in granted under this Article. Section 4. The Chief , upon the approval of Management, any employee who has accrued unused 100% sick leave shall have discretion in cases that are found be allowed 100% sick leave not to be fraudulent requests or use exceed two working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave if it is necessary for the employee to deny any employee such travel a minimum of 1,500 miles one way, as calculated by the Automobile Association of America (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to Management of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall not be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreementcounted as sick leave in any Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program.

Bereavement Leave. Management's present practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be continued during the term of this MOU. Such practices of allowances for leave because of family deaths shall be in accordance with Section 14.127.1a-d of the LAAC. In MOU10-21 For the event purposes of death this Article, the definition of an immediate family member, as defined in Section 4.127.1 of the LAAC, shall include the father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in law, brother, sister, spouse, child, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, grandparents, grandchildren, great- grandparents, step-parents, step-children, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the employee's household, a household member (any person residing in the immediate family household of the employee at the time of death) and the following relatives of an employee’s domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. Intermittent employees as defined by Article 6.1 of this MOU shall not be entitled to compensated leave because of family deaths. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have an approved City Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership form on file in the Employee Benefits Division, Personnel Department, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, upon the approval of the appointing authority, any employee who has accrued unused sick leave at full pay shall be allowed sick leave with full pay not to exceed two working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave if it is otherwise assigned to duty, necessary for the employee to travel a minimum of 1,500 miles one-way, as calculated by the Automobile Association of America (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to the appointing authority of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. Members of this Unit shall be entitled to use the bereavement leave granted time off with pay under this Article (or the sick leave used for purposes of bereavement leave as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppressiondescribed in this Article), Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) up until 370 calendar days from the date of the death of the qualifying immediate family member. Such permission shall Bereavement leave dates not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) used prior to 370 calendar days from the date of the said death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, deemed waived and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate householdlost. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In the event of death in the immediate family of an An employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, the employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour absent from work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date reason of the death of a member of his/her immediate family shall, upon the family memberapproval of the appointing authority or the agent thereof designated to determine such matters, be allowed a leave of absence with full pay for a maximum of three working days for each occurrence of a death in the employee's immediate family. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date furnish a death certificate or other satisfactory proof of the death of to justify the family memberabsence. Such permission "Immediate family" shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's motherinclude father, father-in- law, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfathermother, mother-in-law, and father-in-lawbrother, sister, spouse’s grandparents, child, grandfather, grandmother, stepparents, stepchildren, grandchildren, step-parentany relative who resided in the employee's household, step-children and the domestic partner of an employee. For the purpose of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. Bereavement Leave may be taken during a period of up to three hundred seventy (370) calendar days after the occurrence. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall complete a confidential affidavit to be filed in the Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which shall be signed by the City employee only, declaring the existence of a domestic partnership with a named domestic partner. By extending to an employee the specific benefits defined by this Article, the City does not intend to confer or imply any other members unspecified benefits to such employee, or to the employee's domestic partner, or to any other person. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under the Article, upon the approval of the immediate household. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. Howeverappointing authority, employees any employee who use their second bereavement has accrued unused sick leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one yearat full pay, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost allowed sick leave with full pay not to exceed two working days per occurrence for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use purpose of bereavement leave if it is necessary for the employee to deny any employee such travel a minimum of one thousand five hundred (1,500) miles one way, as calculated by the Auto Association of America (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to the appointing authority of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall not be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreementcounted as sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In 9.01 A bereavement leave of absence of five (5) consecutive days, including the event day of the funeral, will be granted to an employee upon a death in his or her immediate family. Where any such day occurs on a regularly scheduled working day for the immediate family employee, he or she shall be paid on the basis of an the standard number of hours which he or she otherwise would have worked at regular salary plus applicable shift differential. The employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, may be granted additional bereavement leave without pay at the discretion of the Employer. The employee shall be granted time off with pay notify the Employer as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off soon as possible following the death. 9.02 Immediate family for the purpose of Article 9.01 shall mean father, mother, sister, brother, spouse (including common-law and same sex) or children (including strep children) and any relative living with the employee. 9.03 A bereavement leave of absence of up to three (3) consecutive days, including the day of the funeral, will be granted upon request to an employee upon a death in his or her family. Unless exclusive permission is received from Where any such day occurs on a regularly scheduled working day for the Fire Chiefemployee, the working days as outlined by this Section he or she shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from paid on the date basis of the death standard number of hours which he or she otherwise would have worked at regular salary plus applicable shift differential. The employee may, in exceptional circumstances, be granted additional bereavement leave without pay at the discretion of the family memberEmployer. Such permission The employee shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off notify the Employer as soon as possible following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice9.04 Family shall mean step-father, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's step-mother, step-children, step-brothers, step- sisters, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfatherin-law, mother-in-law, and fatherson-in-law, spouse’s grandparentsdaughter-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, grandchildren, stepgreat grandchildren, grandparents, great grandparents, grandparents-parent, stepin-children or other members of the immediate householdlaw and great-grandparents-in-law. Section 2. 9.05 Employees in who are required to leave the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second country to attend a funeral or attend to matters relating to a bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime under article 9.01 or 9.03 shall be lost for such granted an extended unpaid leave and each occasion thereafterof absence. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. (Also refer to provisions of National Agreement: Section 1. In the event of 1 [G]) 35.1 An employee in a benefit status who has a death in the immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, the employee shall will be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees three (3) regularly scheduled working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- days (plus an additional two (42[2] days when traveling more than three hundred [300] miles) hour work week shall be granted within a two (2) shifts off following week span for the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from purpose of attending and/or arranging the Fire Chief, funeral of: • Spouse/Domestic Partner • Parent/Step Parent/Parent In-Law/Step Parent In-Law/In loco Parentis Child/Step Child/ Legal ▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇ Child/Adopted Child • Daughter/Step Daughter/Daughter In-Law/Step Daughter In-Law • Son/Step Son/Son In-Law/Step Son In-Law • Sister/Step Sister/Sister In-Law/Step Sister In-Law • Brother/Step Brother/Brother In-Law/Step Brother In-Law • Grandparent/Step Grandparent • Grandchildren/Step Grandchildren • Relative living in the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission same household An employee shall not be unreasonably withheldentitled to both funeral leave pay and holiday pay, sick leave pay or vacation pay for the same day. B. Other 35.2 The employer may allow an employee a leave of absence without pay for employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate household. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on need to have more than three (3) occasions in days for the bereavement of any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafterof the above. Section 3. In the event 35.3 The employer will allow an employee is on military a leave during of absence to attend or arrange for the occurrence funeral of a death person who is close to them. The employee may use vacation, personal days, or a without payday to cover the time loss. Alleged abuse of this Article will be resolved in the immediate family anda dispute resolution process, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to appropriate Partnership committee. 35.4 Employees on an unpaid leave are not eligible for bereavement leave as provided unless the unpaid leave is for the purpose of caring for a family member described in this ArticleArticle 35.1. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. ‌ Management’s present practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be continued during the term of this MOU. Such practices of allowances for leave because of family deaths shall be in accordance with Section 14.127.1 (Allowances for Leave Because of Family Death) of the LAAC. In Notwithstanding the event of death definition contained in the immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned to dutyLAAC Section 4.127.1, the employee definition of “immediate family” shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following include: the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's motherfather, father-in-law, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfathermother, mother-in-law, and father-in-lawbrother, sister, spouse’s , child, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ child, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parent, great/grandparents, great/grandchildren, step-parentparents, step-children or other members of any employee of the immediate household. Section 2. Employees in City, the Firefighting Division may use one domestic partner of the employee, a household member (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death person residing in the immediate household of the employee at the time of the illness or injury) and the following relatives of an employee’s domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother and father. A “day” off for the purpose of determining the bereavement leave provisions for employees in this Unit shall be equal to a normal working day for Port Pilots. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family anddeaths will be considered as one occurrence. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall complete a confidential affidavit to be filed in the Employee Benefits Office, as Personnel Department, which shall be signed by the City employee and the domestic partner, declaring the existence of a result, domestic partnership with a named domestic partner. No affidavit is required by to secure bereavement leave benefits arising from the military to make up death of a household member (any person residing in the immediate household of the employee at the time taken off from military leaveof death). By extending to any employee the specific benefits defined by this Article, s/he the City does not intend to confer or to imply any other unspecified benefits to such employee, or to the employee’s domestic partner, or to the employee’s household members, or to any other person. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, upon approval of the appointing authority, any employee who has accrued unused sick leave at full pay, shall be entitled allowed sick leave with full pay not to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use exceed two working days per occurrence for the purposes of bereavement leave if it is necessary for the employee to deny any employee such travel a minimum of 1,500 miles one way, as calculated by the Automobile Association of America (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to the appointing authority of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall not be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreementcounted as sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program.

Bereavement Leave. ‌ A half-time employee, as defined in this MOU, shall qualify for bereavement leave. Such employees are eligible for a maximum of three (3) consecutive working days off per occurrence and shall be compensated for the hours normally scheduled during the period of the Bereavement Leave. Intermittent employees, as defined by Article 4.1 (Part-Time Employment) of this MOU, shall not be entitled to compensated leave because of family deaths. Management’s practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be in accordance with Section 14.127.1a-d (Allowances for Leave Because of Family Deaths) of the LAAC. In For the event purposes of death this Article, the definition of an immediate family member shall include the father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, brother, sister, spouse, child, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ child, grandparent, grandchild, great-grandparent, great-grandchildren, stepparent, stepchild, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parent, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the employee's household, a household member (any person residing in the immediate family household of the employee at the time of death) and the following relatives of an employee’s domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one (1) occurrence. Any employee who is otherwise assigned claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have an approved City Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or a registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership on file in the Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. In addition to dutythe bereavement leave granted under this Article, the any employee shall be granted allowed to use accrued unused sick leave, vacation, personal leave, or other compensatory time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppressionoff, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted or unpaid leave not to exceed two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days per occurrence for the purpose of additional bereavement leave. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as outlined by this Section sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. Unit members shall be taken within fourteen entitled to use the bereavement leave granted under this Article (14) or the sick leave used for purposes of bereavement leave as described in this Article), up until 370 calendar days from the date of the death of the qualifying immediate family member. Such permission shall Bereavement leave days not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar used prior to 370 days from the date of the said death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, deemed waived and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate householdlost. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. ‌ Management’s present practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be continued during the term of this MOU. Such practices of allowances for leave because of family deaths shall be in accordance with Section 14.127.1a-d of the LAAC. In For the event purposes of death this Article, the definition of an immediate family member, as defined in Section 4.127.1 of the LAAC, shall include the father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in- law, brother, sister, spouse, child, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, grandparents, grandchildren, great- grandparents, step-parents, step-children, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the employee’s household, a household member (any person residing in the immediate family household of the employee at the time of death) and the following relatives of an employee’s domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. Intermittent employees as defined by Article 6.1 of this MOU shall not be entitled to compensated leave because of family deaths. Any employee who is otherwise assigned claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have an approved City Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership form on file in the Employee Benefits Division, Personnel Department, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. In addition to dutythe bereavement leave granted under this Article, the any employee shall be granted allowed to use accrued unused sick leave, vacation, personal leave, or other compensatory time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppressionoff, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted or unpaid leave not to exceed two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days per occurrence for the purpose of additional bereavement leave. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as outlined by sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. Members of this Section Unit shall be taken within fourteen entitled to use the bereavement leave granted under this Article (14) or the sick leave used for purposes of bereavement leave as described in this Article), up until 370 calendar days from the date of the death of the qualifying immediate family member. Such permission shall Bereavement leave dates not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) used prior to 370 calendar days from the date of the said death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, deemed waived and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate householdlost. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Section A. Effective July 1. In , 2002, a department head or designee shall authorize bereavement leave with pay for a permanent or probationary full-time State employee due to the event death of his/her parent, stepparent, spouse, domestic partner who has been certified with the Secretary of State’s Office in accordance with AB 26 (Chapter 588, Statutes of 1999), child, adopted child, stepchild, sister, brother, or death of any person residing in the immediate family household of an the employee who is otherwise assigned at the time of death. An intervening period of absence for medical reasons shall not be disqualifying when, immediately prior to dutythe absence, the person resided in the household of the employee. Such bereavement leave shall be authorized for up to three eight-hour days (24 hours) per occurrence. The employee shall be granted time off give notice to his/her immediate supervisor as soon as possible and shall, if requested by the employee’s supervisor, provide substantiation to support the request upon the employee’s return to work. B. A department head or designee shall authorize bereavement leave with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of for a permanent full-time or probationary full-time employee due to the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chiefgrandchild, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practicegrandparent, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirementsaunt, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's motheruncle, fatherniece, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfathernephew, mother-in-law, and father-in- law, daughter-in-law, spouse’s grandparentsson-in-law, grandchildrensister-in-law, stepor brother-parent, stepin-children or other members of the immediate household. Section 2law. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second Such bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime be authorized for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than up to three (3) occasions eight-hour days (24 hours) in any a fiscal year. The employee shall give notice to his/her immediate supervisor as soon as possible and shall, if requested by the employee’s supervisor, provide substantiation to support the request. C. If the death of a person as described above requires the employee to travel over four hundred (400) miles one yearway from his/her home, F.L.S.A. overtime additional time off with pay shall be lost granted for such two (2) additional days which shall be deducted from accrued leave. Should additional leave and each occasion thereafterbe necessary, the department head or designee may authorize the use of other existing leave credits or authorized leave without pay. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military D. Employees may utilize their annual leave, s/he shall vacation, CTO, or any other earned leave credits for additional time required in excess of time allowed in A. or B. above. Sick leave may be entitled to bereavement leave as provided utilized for Bereavement Leave in accordance with the Sick Leave provision of this Articleagreement. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to E. Fractional time base (part-time) employees will be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.eligible for bereavement

Bereavement Leave. A. Management's present practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be continued during the term of this MOU. Such practices of allowances for leave because of family deaths shall be in accordance with LAAC Section 1. In the event 4.127.1(a) – (d) which provides for a maximum of three (3) working days for each occurrence of a death in the employee’s immediate family. B. For the purpose of this Article, the definition of an immediate family member, notwithstanding LAAC Section 4.127.1, shall include the father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, brother, sister, spouse, child, grandparents, grandchildren, step-parents, step-children, great-grandparents, great-grandchildren, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the employee’s household, a household member (any person residing in the immediate household of the employee at the time of death), and the following relatives of an employee's domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have an approved City Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or a registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership form on file in the Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. C. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, any employee who is otherwise assigned to dutyhas accrued unused sick leave, the employee vacation, personal leave, or compensatory time off, shall be granted time off with pay allowed to use such leave, or unpaid leave, not to exceed two working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as follows:sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. A. Employees working Fire SuppressionD. Effective December 13, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week 2015, members of this Unit shall be entitled to use the bereavement leave granted two under this Article (2) shifts off following or the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chiefsick leave used for purposes of bereavement leave as described in this Article), the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen up until three hundred and seventy (14370) calendar days from the date of the death of the qualifying immediate family member. Such permission shall Bereavement leave days not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four used prior to three hundred and seventy (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14370) calendar days from the date of the said death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, deemed waived and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate householdlost. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In Management's present practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be continued during the event term of this MOU. Such practices of allowances for leave because of family deaths shall be in accordance with LAAC Section 4.127.1(a) – (d) which provides for a maximum of three working days for each occurrence of a death in the employee’s immediate family. 2. For the purpose of this Article, the definition of an immediate family member, as defined in LAAC Section 4.127.1, shall include the father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, brother, sister, spouse, child, grandparents, grandchildren, step-parents, step-children, great-grandparents, great- grandchildren, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the employee’s household, a household member (any person residing in the immediate household of the employee at the time of death), and the following relatives of an employee's domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. 3. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have an approved City Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or a registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership form on file in the Personnel Department Employee Benefits Office, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. 4. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, any employee who is otherwise assigned to dutyhas accrued unused sick leave, the employee vacation, personal leave, or compensatory time off, shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppressionallowed to use such leave, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted or unpaid leave, not to exceed two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as outlined by sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. 5. Members of this Section Unit shall be taken within fourteen entitled to use the bereavement leave granted under this Article (14or the sick leave used for purposes of bereavement leave as described in this Article) up until three hundred and seventy (370) calendar days from the date of the death of the qualifying immediate family member. Such permission shall Bereavement leave days not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four used prior to three hundred and seventy (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14370) calendar days from the date of the said death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, deemed waived and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate householdlost. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In the event of death in the an employee’s immediate family of family, an employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, absent from scheduled work as a result of making arrangements for or attending the employee shall funeral will be granted time allowed days off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42each day at eight hours straight-time) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following in accord with the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date schedule below it pertains to each member of the death immediate family, provided one of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following during the death. Unless exclusive permission period of absence is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date day of the death of the family memberfuneral. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practiceFamily Member Max. Days Spouse or Child 8 Days Brother, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirementsSister, until such time the employee indicates that the family member diesParents. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's motherGrandchild 3 Days Grandparents, fatherBrother-in-Law, legal spouseLaw, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, motherFather-in-law, and fatheror Mother-in-lawLaw 2 Days Great Grandparents and Spouse’s Grandparents Day Under the same conditions. an employee will be granted additional day off with pay provided he is required to travel more than kilometres one-way to attend the funeral, spouseThe Company will provide for one day pay for one employee acting as for fellow employee. An employee unable to attend the funeral of an immediate family member will he allowed paid days off according to the above schedule one The Company shall be promptly notified of absence hereunder and the reason therefor. Continuous Service The term “continuous wherever used in this Agreement is the period of time that begins with an employee’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members date of hire. If such service is broken for any of the immediate household. Section 2reasons listed under (a), or below, continuous service shall commence with the employee’s most recent hiring date. Employees Continuous service shall not be broken due to lay-off or absence due to sickness, injury, leave of absence of other legitimate reason approved by the Company. However. an employee’s continuous service shall be broken if he: quits, or is discharged for just cause, or has been laid off for a period of twenty-four calendar months, or fails to advise the Company of change in address or fails to report within a reasonable time when called if, in addition. the Union is given forty-eight hours in which to locate such employee and arrange for his reporting to work, or accepts Severance allowance or takes a pension under the Pension Plan. Plant Seniority The term “plant seniority” as used herein shall mean a period reflected by the Company’s employment records of an employee’s uninterrupted service. Plant seniority shall accumulate for the purpose of determining rights of employees in with lay-offs and Department The term “department seniority” as used herein shall mean the period reflected by the Company’s employment records of an employee’s in a department. Casual absences of two weeks or less in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In refrigerated department will be covered from the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime plant layoff Probationary Employees Employees shall be lost regarded as on probation for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3the first thirty working days of their employment. In Upon of the event an employee is probationary period, the employee’s shall he retroactive to the beginning date of his last period of continuous employment. There shall be no Company responsibility for or continued employment of probationary employees. Maintenance department employees shall be regarded as on military leave during probation for the occurrence ninety days of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required their employment. Seniority List The Seniority Lists will be revised every six months. They will be available for inspection by the military employees concerned at the Production Office, or some other suitable location. Temporary Student Help The Company may hire summer help to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4vacation period. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall student help will be subject to Union dues at the grievance end of thirty working day period. but not accrue seniority. The summer period is defined as from May to August Employees hire outside the May to August period will be from the working force, if available. New employees hired to become Regular Seniority Employees, including those who have completed their period, shall be eligible for Vacations and arbitration procedures Holidays only, during their first ninety days of this Agreementcontinuous service with the Company. Coverage for other benefits is effective on the ninety-first day of continuous service, unless specified as being later.

Bereavement Leave. A. Leave due to family deaths shall be in accordance with LAAC Section 1. In the event 4.127.1, which provides for a maximum of three (3) working days for each occurrence of a death in the employee’s immediate family. B. For the purpose of this Article, the definition of an immediate family member, notwithstanding the definition in LAAC Section 4.127.1, shall include the father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, brother, sister, spouse, child, step-parents, step-children, great/grandparents, great/grandchildren, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the employee’s household, a household member (any person residing in the immediate household of the employee at the time of death), and the following relatives of an employee's domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. MOU64-21 C. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have a prescribed City Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or a registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership form on file in the Personnel Department Employee Benefits Office, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. D. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, upon the approval of the appointing authority, any employee who is otherwise assigned to dutyhas accrued unused sick leave at full pay, the employee shall be granted time off allowed sick leave with full pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted not to exceed two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave if it is necessary for the employee to travel a minimum of 1,500 miles one way, as outlined determined by the Automobile Association of America (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this Section provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to the appointing authority of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. E. Effective upon implementation of this MOU, members of this Unit shall be taken within fourteen entitled to use the bereavement leave granted under this Article (14or the sick leave used for purposes of bereavement leave as described in this Article) up until three hundred and seventy (370) calendar days from the date of the death of the qualifying immediate family member. Such permission shall Bereavement leave days not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) used prior to 370 calendar days from the date of the said death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, deemed waived and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate householdlost. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Management's present practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be continued during the term of this MOU. Such practices shall be in accordance with Section 14.127.1a-d of the Los Angeles Administrative Code. In For the event purposes of death in this Article, the definition of an immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned to dutymember, the employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this defined in Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date 4.127.1 of the death of LAAC, shall include the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's motherfather, father-in-law, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfathermother, mother-in-law, and father-in-lawbrother, sister, spouse’s , child, grandparents, grandchildren, step-parentparents, step-children or other members of the immediate household. Section 2. Employees children, great grandparents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the Firefighting Division may use one employee’s household, a household member (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death person residing in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by household of the military to make up employee at the time taken off from military leaveof death), s/he and the following relatives of an employee’s domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. Intermittent employees as defined by Section 4.110(b) of the LAAC shall not be entitled to compensated leave because of family deaths. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall complete a confidential affidavit to be filed in the Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which shall be signed by the City employee and the domestic partner, declaring the existence of a domestic partnership with a named domestic partner. No affidavit is required to secure bereavement leave as provided benefits arising from the death of a household member (any person residing in the immediate household of the employee at the time of death). By extending to an employee the specific benefits defined by this Article. Section 4, the City does not intend to confer or to imply any other unspecified benefits to such employee, or to the employee’s domestic partner, or to the employee’s household members, or to any other person. The Chief In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, upon the approval of the appointing authority, any employee who has accrued unused sick leave at full pay shall have discretion in cases that are found be allowed sick leave with full pay not to be fraudulent requests or use exceed two working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave if it is necessary for the employee to deny any employee such travel a minimum of 1,500 miles one way, as calculated by the Automobile Association of America (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to the appointing authority of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall not be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreementcounted as sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In the event of death in the immediate family of an An employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, the employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour absent from work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date reason of the death of a member of his/her immediate family shall, upon the family memberapproval of the appointing authority or the agent thereof designated to determine such matters, be allowed a leave of absence with full pay for a maximum of three working days for each occurrence of a death in the employee's immediate family. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date furnish a death certificate or other satisfactory proof of the death of to justify the family memberabsence. Such permission "Immediate family" shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's motherinclude, father, legal spousefather-in- law, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfathermother, mother-in-law, and father-in-lawbrother, sister, spouse’s grandparents, child, grandfather, grandmother, stepparents, stepchildren, grandchildren, step-parentany relative who resided in the employee's household, step-children or other members the domestic partner of an employee, a household member, and the following relatives of the immediate household. Section 2employee's domestic partner; mother, father, child, grandchild. Employees For the purpose of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall complete a confidential affidavit to be filed in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which shall be signed by the City employee only, declaring the existence of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtimea domestic partnership with a named domestic partner. HoweverBy extending to an employee the specific benefits defined by this Article, employees who use their second the City does not intend to confer or imply any other unspecified benefits to such employee, or to the employee's domestic partner, or to any other person. In addition to the bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime provided for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief , upon the approval of the appointing authority, any employee who has accrued unused sick leave at full pay, shall have discretion in cases that are found be allowed sick leave with full pay not to be fraudulent requests or use exceed two working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave if it is necessary for the employee to deny any employee such travel a minimum of 1500 miles one way, as determined by the Automobile Association of America (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to the appointing authority of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall not be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreementcounted as sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In the event of death in the immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, the Each regular employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date eligible for a paid leave of the death absence of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate household. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than up to three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost days for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family andfor purposes of attending the funeral or attending to matters associated with the death in the same week. Immediate family shall be defined as including spouse, as child, step -child, legal ▇▇▇▇, parent, step -parent, father -in-law, mother -in-law, son -in-law, daughter -in-law, brother, step -brother, brother -in-law, sister, step -sister, sister -in-law, grandchild, step J U D Q G F K L O G J U D Q G S D U H Q W V employee’s immediate household. Upon request of the employee, a result, departmen t head may grant an extension of the above three (3) day period in the event long distance travel is required by or due to the military to make up close nature of the time taken off from military leave, s/he family relationship. Any such extension shall be entitled to charged against an employee’s unused paid leave accruals, and in no event shall a paid bereavement leave exceed five (5) working days. Employees may utilize any paid leave accruals (including sick leave) for an extension granted due to the death of a spouse, parent or child. In all other extensions granted pursuant to this paragraph an employee must utilize a paid leave accrual other than sick leave. These extensions shall not count as provided in an occurrence under the following policies; Attendance F–and Short term Disability (S ick Leave) D–D, Performance Appraisal and Development O–. Only days absent which would have been compensable work days are eligible for payment under this Article. Section 4section. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial No payment shall be subject to made during an unpaid leave of absence. Payment shall be made on the grievance and arbitration procedures basis of this Agreementthe employee’s straight time rate or rates of pay in effect during the period of bereavement.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In 9.01 A bereavement leave of absence of five (5) consecutive days, including the event day of the funeral, will be granted to an employee upon a death in his or her immediate family. Where any such day occurs on a regularly scheduled working day for the immediate family employee, he or she shall be paid on the basis of an the standard number of hours which he or she otherwise would have worked at regular salary plus applicable shift differential. The employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, may be granted additional bereavement leave without pay at the discretion of the Employer. The employee shall be granted time off with pay notify the Employer as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off soon as possible following the death. 9.02 Immediate family for the purpose of Article 9.01 shall mean father, mother, sister, brother, spouse (including common-law and same sex) or children (including strep children) and any relative living with the employee. 9.03 A bereavement leave of absence of up to three (3) consecutive days, including the day of the funeral, will be granted upon request to an employee upon a death in his or her family. Unless exclusive permission is received from Where any such day occurs on a regularly scheduled working day for the Fire Chiefemployee, the working days as outlined by this Section he or she shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from paid on the date basis of the death standard number of hours which he or she otherwise would have worked at regular salary plus applicable shift differential. The employee may, in exceptional circumstances, be granted additional bereavement leave without pay at the discretion of the family memberEmployer. Such permission The employee shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off notify the Employer as soon as possible following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice9.04 Family shall mean step-father, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's step-mother, step-children, step-brothers, step-sisters, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfatherin-law, mother-in-law, and fatherson-in-law, spouse’s grandparentsdaughter-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, grandchildren, stepgreat grandchildren, grandparents, great grandparents, grandparents-parent, stepin-children or other members of the immediate householdlaw and great-grandparents-in-law. Section 2. 9.05 Employees in who are required to leave the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second country to attend a funeral or attend to matters relating to a bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime under article 9.01 or 9.03 shall be lost for such granted an extended unpaid leave and each occasion thereafterof absence. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. ‌ A half-time employee, as defined in this MOU, shall qualify for bereavement leave. Such employees are eligible for a maximum of three (3) consecutive working days off per occurrence and shall be compensated for the hours normally scheduled during the period of the Bereavement Leave. Intermittent employees, as defined by Article 4.1 (Part-Time Employment) of this MOU, shall not be entitled to compensated leave because of family deaths. Management’s practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be in accordance with Section 14.127.1a-d (Allowances for Leave Because of Family Deaths) of the LAAC. In For the event purposes of death this Article, the definition of an immediate family member shall include the father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, brother, sister, spouse, child, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ child, grandparent, grandchild, great-grandparent, great-grandchildren, stepparent, stepchild, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parent, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the employee's household, a household member (any person residing in the immediate family household of the employee at the time of death) and the following relatives of an employee’s domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one (1) occurrence. Any employee who is otherwise assigned claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have an approved City Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or a registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership on file in the Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. In addition to dutythe bereavement leave granted under this Article, the any employee shall be granted allowed to use unused sick leave, vacation, personal leave, compensatory time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppressionoff, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted or unpaid leave not to exceed two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as outlined by this Section sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. Unit members shall be taken within fourteen entitled to use the bereavement leave granted under this Article (14) or the sick leave used for purposes of bereavement leave as described in this Article), up until 370 calendar days from the date of the death of the qualifying immediate family member. Such permission shall Bereavement leave days not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar used prior to 370 days from the date of the said death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, deemed waived and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate householdlost. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Management's present practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be continued during the term of this Memorandum of Understanding. Such practices of allowances for leave because of family deaths shall be in accordance with Section 14.127.1a-d of the LAAC. In For the event purposes of death in this Article, the definition of an immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned to dutymember, the employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this defined in Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date 4.127.1 of the death of LAAC, shall include the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's motherfather, father-in-law, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfathermother, mother-in-law, and father-in-lawbrother, sister, spouse’s , child, grandparents, grandchildren, step-parentparents, step-children or other members of the immediate household. Section 2. Employees children, great-grandparents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the Firefighting Division may use one employee's household, a household member (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death person residing in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by household of the military to make up employee at the time taken off from military leaveof death) and the following relatives of an employee’s domestic partner: child, s/he grandchild, mother, father. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. Intermittent employees as defined by Article 9 of this MOU shall not be entitled to compensated leave because of family deaths. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have completed a confidential affidavit that has been filed in the Employee Benefits Division, Personnel Department, signed by the City employee and the domestic partner, declaring the existence of a domestic partnership with a named domestic partner. No affidavit is required to secure bereavement leave as provided benefits arising from the death of a household member (any person residing in the immediate household of the employee at the time of death). By extending to an employee the specific benefits defined by this Article. Section 4, the City does not intend to confer or to imply any other unspecified benefits to such employee, or to the employee's domestic partner, or to the employee's household members, or to any other person. The Chief In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, upon the approval of the appointing authority, any employee who has accrued unused sick leave at full pay shall have discretion in cases that are found be allowed sick leave with full pay not to be fraudulent requests or use exceed two working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave if it is necessary for the employee to deny any employee such travel a minimum of 1,500 miles one way, as calculated by the Automobile Association of America (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to the appointing authority of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall not be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreementcounted as sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program.

Bereavement Leave. Management's present practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be continued during the term of this MOU. Such practices shall be in accordance with Section 14.127.1(a)(d) of the LAAC, except as provided below for simultaneous, multiple family deaths. In For the event purposes of death in this Article, the definition of an immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, member shall include the employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's motherfather, father-in-law, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfathermother, mother-in-law, and father-in-lawbrother, sister, spouse’s , child, grandparents, great/grandchildren, step-parentparents, step-children or other members of the immediate household. Section 2. Employees children, great grandparents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the Firefighting Division may use one employee’s household, a household member (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death person residing in the immediate household of the employee at the time of death), and the following relatives of an employee’s domestic partner: child, great/grandchild, mother, father. Notwithstanding LAAC Section 4.127.1(a), for purposes of this Article, paid leave at full pay up to a maximum of six working days will be allowed for simultaneous, multiple family anddeaths. Intermittent employees as defined by Section 4.110(b) of the LAAC shall not be entitled to compensated leave because of family deaths. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have an approved City Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or a registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership form on file in the Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, upon the approval of the appointing authority, any employee who has accrued unused sick leave at full pay shall be allowed sick leave with full pay not to exceed two working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave if it is necessary for the employee to travel a minimum of 1,500 miles one way, as a result, is required calculated by the military Automobile Association of America (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to make up the time taken off from military leaveappointing authority of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. Effective January 1, s/he 2015, Unit members shall be entitled to use the bereavement leave as provided in granted under this Article. Section 4Article up until 370 calendar days from the date of death of the qualifying immediate family member. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found Bereavement leave not used prior to be fraudulent requests or use 370 calendar days from date of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial said death shall be subject to the grievance deemed waived and arbitration procedures of this Agreementlost.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In the event of death in the immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, the employee shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, and father-in-law, spouse▇▇▇▇▇▇’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate household. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. FLSA overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. FLSA overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. FLSA overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Management's present practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be continued during the term of this MOU. Such practices of allowances for leave because of family deaths shall be in accordance with Section 1. In 4.127.1(a) – (d) of the event LAAC which provides for a maximum of three (3) working days for each occurrence of a death in the employee’s immediate family. For the purpose of this Article, the definition of an immediate family member, as defined in Section 4.127.1 of the LAAC, shall include the father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in- law, brother, sister, spouse, child, grandparents, grandchildren, step-parents, step- children, great-grandparents, great-grandchildren, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the employee’s household, a household member (any person residing in the immediate household of the employee at the time of death), and the following relatives of an employee's domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have an approved City Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or a registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership form on file in the Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, upon the approval of the appointing authority, any employee who is otherwise assigned to dutyhas accrued unused sick leave at full pay, the employee shall be granted time off allowed sick leave with full pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted not to exceed two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave if it is necessary for the employee to travel a minimum of 1500 miles one way, as outlined determined by the Automobile Association of American (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this Section provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to the appointing authority of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. Members of this Unit shall be taken within fourteen entitled to use the bereavement leave granted under this Article (14) or the sick leave used for purposes of bereavement leave as described in this Article), up until 370 calendar days from the date of the death of the qualifying immediate family member. Such permission shall Bereavement leave days not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) used prior to 370 calendar days from the date of the said death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, deemed waived and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate householdlost. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. ‌ a. A Department head or his/her designee shall authorize bereavement leave with pay for a permanent full-time or probationary full-time State employee due to the death of his/her parent, stepparent, spouse, domestic partner that has been defined and certified with the Secretary of State’s office in accordance with Family Code Section 1. In the event 297, child, sister, brother, stepchild, or death of death any person residing in the immediate family household of an the employee who is otherwise assigned at the time of death. An intervening period of absence for medical reasons shall not be disqualifying when, immediately prior to dutythe absence, the person resided in the household of the employee. Such bereavement leave shall be authorized for up to twenty-four (24) hours per occurrence. The employee shall be granted time off give notice to his/her immediate supervisor as soon as possible and shall, if requested by the employee's supervisor, provide substantiation to support the request upon the employee’s return to work. b. A Department head or designee shall authorize bereavement leave with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of for a permanent full-time or probationary full-time employee due to the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chiefa grandchild, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practicegrandparent, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirementsaunt, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's motheruncle, fatherniece, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfathernephew, mother-in-law, and father-in-law, spousedaughter-in-law, son-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, or immediate family member of a domestic partner as defined in paragraph a. above. Such bereavement leave shall be authorized for up to twenty-four (24) hours in a fiscal year. The employee shall give notice to his/her immediate supervisor as soon as possible and shall, if requested by the employee’s grandparentssupervisor, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of provide substantiation to support the immediate householdrequest. Section 2c. If the death of a person as described above requires the employee to travel over 400 miles one way from his/her home, additional time off with pay shall be granted for two additional days which shall be deducted from accrued leave. Should additional leave be necessary, the Department head or designee may authorize the use of existing leave credits or authorized leave without pay. d. Employees may utilize their annual leave, vacation, CTO, or any other earned leave credits for additional time required in the Firefighting Division excess of time allowed in paragraph a. or b. above. Sick leave may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second be utilized for bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime in accordance with the sick leave provisions of this Agreement. e. Fractional time base (part-time) employees will be eligible for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one yearpro rata basis, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafterbased on the employees’ fractional time base. Section 3. In the event an f. A Permanent Intermittent (PI) employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided on a pro rata basis for scheduled work days, calculated on the amount of time worked in this Article. Section 4the pay period. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found 111 to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave 130.9 6 131 to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance 150.9 7 151 and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.over 8

Bereavement Leave. Management's present practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be continued during the term of this MOU. Such practices of allowances for leave because of family deaths shall be in accordance with Section 14.127.1a-d of the LAAC. In For the event purposes of death this Article, the definition of an immediate family member, as defined in Section 4.127.1 of the LAAC, shall include the father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, brother, sister, spouse, child, grandparents, grandchildren, step-parents, step-children, great-grandparents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the employee's household, a household member (any person residing in the immediate family household of the employee at the time of death), and the following relatives of an employee’s domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. Intermittent employees as defined by Section 4.110(b) of the LAAC shall not be entitled to compensated leave because of family deaths. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have an approved Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or a registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership form on file in the Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, upon the approval of the appointing authority, any employee who has accrued unused sick leave at full pay shall be allowed sick leave with full pay not to exceed two working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave if it is otherwise assigned to duty, necessary for the employee to travel a minimum of 1,500 miles one way, as calculated by the Automobile Association of America (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to the appointing authority of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. Members of this Unit shall be entitled to use the bereavement leave granted time off with pay under this Article (or the sick leave used for purposes of bereavement leave as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppressiondescribed in this Article), Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) up until 370 calendar days from the date of the death of the qualifying immediate family member. Such permission shall Bereavement leave days not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) used prior to 370 calendar days from the date of the said death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, deemed waived and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate householdlost. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In the event of death in the immediate family of an employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, the employee Employees shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working bereavement leave pursuant to the July 2012 City Personnel System Rules. The City shall provide up to twenty-four (24) hours of paid bereavement leave for non-Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted suppression personnel or two (2) shifts off following the deathof bereavement leave for Fire suppression personnel for bereavement purposes. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen Bereavement purposes include (141) calendar days from the date of the death of a member of the employee’s immediate family, and (2) the critical illness of a member of the employee’s immediate family where death appears to be imminent. The amount of bereavement leave provided under this section is twenty four (24) hours or two (2) shifts per family member. Such permission shall not The employee may be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four required to submit proof of a relative's death or critical illness before final approval of leave is granted. For purposes of this section, “immediate family” means: spouse or domestic partner, parent (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chiefincluding biological, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen ▇▇▇▇▇▇, or adoptive parent, a stepparent, or a legal guardian), grandparent, grandchild, child (14) calendar days from the date including biological, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, or adopted child, a ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, a legal ▇▇▇▇, a child of the death a domestic partner, or a child of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, childperson standing in loco parentis), brother, sister, halfaunt, uncle, son-siblingsin-law, grandmother, grandfatherdaughter-in-law, mother-in-law, and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparentsbrother-in-law, grandchildren, stepsister- in-parent, steplaw or significant other. Twenty-children four (24) hours or other members two (2) shifts of the immediate household. Section 2paid absence shall be considered "bereavement leave", and any remaining time shall be from other paid time off available to the employee. Employees When an employee has exhausted the bereavement leave provided in this section, the Firefighting Division employee may submit a request to his/her Department Head and request additional time off work. If approved, the employee must use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtimetheir other accrued paid leave. The employee may elect which accrued paid leave he/she shall use during the additional leave. However, employees who the employee may not use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three forty-eight (348) occasions in any one yearhours or two (2) shifts of accrued sick leave for bereavement purposes. If the additional leave approved by the Department Head is longer than forty-eight (48) hours or two (2) shifts, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military required to use accrued paid leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military other than sick leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1. In Management’s present practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be continued during the event term of this MOU. Such practices of allowances for leave because of family deaths shall be in accordance with LAAC Section 4.127.1(a) – (d) which provides for a maximum of three working days for each occurrence of a death in the employee’s immediate family. 2. For the purpose of this Article, the definition of an immediate family member, as defined in LAAC Section 4.127.1, shall include the father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, brother, sister, spouse, child, grandparents, grandchildren, step-parents, step-children, great-grandparents, great- grandchildren, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the employee’s household, a household member (any person residing in the immediate household of the employee at the time of death), and the following relatives of an employee's domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. 3. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have an approved City Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or a registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership form on file in the Personnel Department Employee Benefits Office, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. 4. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, any employee who is otherwise assigned to dutyhas accrued unused sick leave, the employee vacation, personal leave, or compensatory time off, shall be granted time off with pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppressionallowed to use such leave, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted or unpaid leave, not to exceed two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as outlined by sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. 5. Members of this Section Unit shall be taken within fourteen entitled to use the bereavement leave granted under this Article (14or the sick leave used for purposed of bereavement leave as described in this Article) up until three hundred and seventy (370) calendar days from the date of the death of the qualifying immediate family member. Such permission shall Bereavement leave days not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four used prior to three hundred and seventy (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14370) calendar days from the date of the said death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, deemed waived and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate householdlost. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Management's present practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be continued during the term of this MOU. Such practices of allowances for leave because of family deaths shall be in accordance with Section 1. In 4.127.1(a) – (d) of the event LAAC which provides for a maximum of three working days for each occurrence of a death in the employee’s immediate family. For the purpose of this Article, the definition of an immediate family member, as defined in Section 4.127.1 of the LAAC, shall include the father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in- law, brother, sister, spouse, child, grandparents, grandchildren, step-parents, step- children, great-grandparents, great-grandchildren, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the employee’s household, a household member (any person residing in the immediate household of the employee at the time of death), and the following relatives of an employee's domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. For purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one occurrence. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have an approved City Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or a registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership form on file in the Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, upon the approval of the appointing authority, any employee who has accrued unused sick leave at full pay, shall be allowed sick leave with full pay not to exceed two working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave if it is otherwise assigned to duty, necessary for the employee to travel a minimum of 1500 miles one way, as determined by the Automobile Association of American (AAA). Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to the appointing authority of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. Members of this Unit shall be entitled to use the bereavement leave granted time off with pay under this Article (or the sick leave used for purposes of bereavement leave as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppressiondescribed in this Article), Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) up until 370 calendar days from the date of the death of the qualifying immediate family member. Such permission shall Bereavement leave days not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) used prior to 370 calendar days from the date of the said death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, deemed waived and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate householdlost. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.

Bereavement Leave. Section 1Management's present practices with regard to allowances for leave because of family deaths will be continued during the term of this MOU. In These practices of allowances for leave because of family deaths shall be in accordance with Subsections 4.127(1)(a-d) (Allowances for Leave because of Family Deaths) of the event LAAC. An employee will be allowed leave with pay for a maximum of three (3) working days for each occurrence of a death in the employee’s immediate family. For the purposes of this Article, the definition of an immediate family member , as defined in Section 4.127(1) (Allowances for Leave because of Family Deaths) of the LAAC, shall include the father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, brother, sister, spouse, child, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ child, grandparent, grandchild, great-grandparent, great-grandchild, stepparent, stepchild, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parent, a domestic partner, any relative who resided in the employee's household, a household member (any person residing in the immediate household of the employee at the time of death) and the following relatives of an employee’s domestic partner: child, grandchild, mother, father. For the purposes of this Article, simultaneous, multiple family deaths will be considered as one (1) occurrence. Intermittent employees, as defined by Section 4.110(b) (Part-Time Employment - Intermittent) of the LAAC, shall not be entitled to compensated leave because of family deaths. Any employee claiming a domestic partner for purposes of this Article shall have an approved City Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form or a registered State of California Declaration of Domestic Partnership form on file in the Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which identifies that individual as the employee’s domestic partner. In addition to the bereavement leave granted under this Article, upon the approval of the appointing authority, any employee who is otherwise assigned to duty, the employee has accrued unused sick leave at full pay shall be granted time off allowed sick leave with full pay as follows: A. Employees working Fire Suppression, Communications and EMS employees working forty- two (42) hour work week shall be granted not to exceed two (2) shifts off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days per occurrence for the purpose of bereavement leave if it is necessary for the employee to travel a minimum of 1,500 miles one way, as outlined calculated by the Automobile Association of America (AAA). MOU37-21 Employees requesting the use of sick leave under this Section provision shall furnish satisfactory proof to the appointing authority of the distance traveled. Use of sick leave hours for bereavement leave shall not be counted as sick leave in any department Sick Leave Use Monitoring Program. Unit members shall be taken within fourteen entitled to use the bereavement leave granted under this Article (14) or the sick leave used for purposes of bereavement leave, as described in this Article), up until 370 calendar days from the date of the death of the qualifying immediate family member. Such permission shall Bereavement leave days not be unreasonably withheld. B. Other employees shall be granted four (4) working days off following the death. Unless exclusive permission is received from the Fire Chief, the working days as outlined by this Section shall be taken within fourteen (14) used prior to 370 calendar days from the date of the said death of the family member. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. C. In conformity with the current practice, employees who experience a family emergency shall be placed on FMLA upon compliance with the statutory requirements, until such time the employee indicates that the family member dies. At such time the employee is placed on bereavement leave. The immediate family shall be defined as the employee's mother, father, legal spouse, child, brother, sister, half-siblings, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law, deemed waived and father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, grandchildren, step-parent, step-children or other members of the immediate householdlost. Section 2. Employees in the Firefighting Division may use one (1) shift of Bereavement Leave without loss of F.L.S.A. overtime. However, employees who use their second bereavement leave shift shall lose F.L.S.A. overtime for both bereavement leave shifts. In the event a Fire Fighter uses bereavement leave on more than three (3) occasions in any one year, F.L.S.A. overtime shall be lost for such leave and each occasion thereafter. Section 3. In the event an employee is on military leave during the occurrence of a death in the immediate family and, as a result, is required by the military to make up the time taken off from military leave, s/he shall be entitled to bereavement leave as provided in this Article. Section 4. The Chief shall have discretion in cases that are found to be fraudulent requests or use of bereavement leave to deny any employee such bereavement leave provided, however, that such denial shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.