Common use of BEREAVEMENT/XXXXXXXXXX LEAVE FOR DEATH IN NEW ZEALAND OR OVERSEAS Clause in Contracts

BEREAVEMENT/XXXXXXXXXX LEAVE FOR DEATH IN NEW ZEALAND OR OVERSEAS. 5.3.1 Teachers shall be granted leave with pay to allow a reasonable opportunity to discharge their obligations and/or to pay their respects to a deceased person with whom they have had a close association. Such obligations may exist because of blood or family ties or because of particular cultural requirements such as attendance at all or part of a tangihanga (or its equivalent). 5.3.2 In granting time off, and for how long, the following points must be taken into account: (a) The closeness of the association between the teacher and the deceased;