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.
Compassionate Absences. (a) In the case of death in the immediate family of a full-time Employee, he shall be granted compassionate absence with full pay at straight time for three (3) calendar days. In the event the employee is not scheduled to work then the three (3) calendar days will be taken off immediately following the scheduled days off. Immediate family in this case means: mother, father, spouse, sister, brother, children, grandmother, and grandfather mother in-law and father in-law. Satisfactory proof shall be supplied to the Employer on request. Where Employees are required to travel out of New Brunswick to attend a funeral, the Employer will grant an additional two (2) days unpaid leave.
