Compassionate Absences Sample Clauses

Compassionate Absences. (a) In the case of death in the immediate family of a full-time employee, he/she shall be granted compassionate absence with full pay at straight time for five (5) days. In addition, full-time and part-time employees shall be entitled to take up to two (2) weeks leave without pay. Such days off and/or leave, without pay, shall be concurrent either with the receipt of notification of death or the day of interment. Immediate family in this case means: mother, father, spouse as defined in the Provincial or Federal statutes, sister, brother, children, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in- law, sister-in-law, grandmother, grandfather and grandchildren. Satisfactory proof shall be supplied to the Employer on request. Where employees are required to travel out of British Columbia to attend a funeral, the Employer will grant an additional two (2) days unpaid leave. (b) For the purpose of this Article spouse as defined in the Provincial or Federal statute, shall include common-law relationships and same sex relationships. (c) An employee required to serve as Crown subpoenaed witness or jury member shall be paid full pay for all scheduled hours missed due to such duty. The employee shall turn over to the Employer any money, other than expenses, paid to them by the Crown for those days the employee would normally have worked.