Emergency Leave - Bereavement. Up to five (5) days leave shall be allowed, the days not to be deducted from sick leave, for death in the employee’s immediate family. The specific amount of leave allowed is subject to the discretion of the Director of Business Services depending on the circumstances. Immediate family is defined as the employee’s spouse, grandparent, parent, child, brother, sister, xxxxx, nephew, grandchildren or other relative living in the same household as the employee and the employee’s spouse’s grandparent, parent, child, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew or grandchildren.
Emergency Leave - Bereavement. Up to four (4) days leave shall be allowed, the days not to be deducted from sick leave, for death in the employee's immediate family. The specific amount of leave allowed is subject to the discretion of the Director of Human Resources depending on the circumstances. Immediate family is defined as the employee's spouse, grandparent, parent, child, brother, sister, xxxxx, nephew, grandchildren, aunt, uncle or other relative living in the same household as the employee and the employee's spouse's grandparent, parent, child, brother, sister, niece, nephew, aunt, uncle or grandchildren. Bereavement leave for friends and other family not listed above may be granted subject to the discretion of the Director of Human Resources. Leave under this section will be limited to two (2) days per school year and will be deducted from the employee's individual disability leave account.
Emergency Leave - Bereavement. (Chargeable) Employees are permitted to attend funerals for members of the teacher’s immediate family, or the immediate family of the teacher’s spouse. For purposes of this leave agreement, immediate family will include: spouse, children (and the spouse of children), mother, father, brother, sister (and the spouse of the brother or sister), grandparents, grandchildren or other relatives whose residence is in the home of the employee. Up to 5 emergency leave days may be granted to a teacher to attend the funeral of a member of the teacher's immediate family as defined above. The number of days to be granted shall be determined by the Superintendent of Schools or the designated representative, taking into consideration the circumstances involved. Absences to attend funerals of persons not within the immediate family must be approved by the building principal. Each year up to 3 days of emergency leave may be granted to a teacher if the absence is necessary due to legal matters related to the death of a member of the teacher’s immediate family. Such leave must be approved in advance by the building principal. This provision shall be in effect for one year after the death of the immediate family member.
Emergency Leave - Bereavement. The Board of Directors recognizes that absences by the teacher at various times throughout the year are unavoidable; however, any absence of the teacher from the classroom has a detrimental effect on the progress of students. Additionally, the Board recognizes that these absences may be of an emergency nature over which the teacher has little or no control. Therefore, the Board of Directors establishes leave provisions, which will aid in preventing undue hardship to the employee during the period of such emergencies.
Emergency Leave - Bereavement. In case of a death of an Employee's immediate family (spouse, child, parent, sibling, parents-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren, step-child, step-parent, step-grandparent, step-sibling and legal guardian), an Employee will be granted three working days or four calendar days leave of absence with full pay, whichever is greater (i.e. when bereavement leave begins on workday one or two, the Employee is entitled to four days' leave. When bereavement leave begins on days three, four or five, the Employee is entitled to three days' leave). Employees are expected to notify the Department Head as soon as possible. In the case of other family members (grandparents-in-law, children-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, xxxxxx.parent, xxxxxx child, uncles and aunts) one day leave will be granted for purposes of mourning. In the instances where only one day leave is permitted, the day need not immediately follow the date of death. • Also, leave may be granted up to a maximum of three working days or four calendar days, whichever is greater, in the event of the death of relatives who actually reside in the same household with the Employee. This additional leave may be granted at the sole discretion of the Director of Labor Relations.
Emergency Leave - Bereavement. Each teacher will be allowed five (5) days of emergency leave, noncumulative, to be used for emergencies (i.e., burning house, flood, etc.) as defined by the superintendent and bereavement for death in the immediate family and close friends. The immediate family shall include spouse, same-gender domestic partner, custodial parent, non-custodial parent, adoptive parent, xxxxxx parent, biological parent, stepparent, parent-in-law, parent of same-gender domestic partner, grandparent or grandchild of the employee, or a person with whom the employee is or was in a relationship of in loco parentis. It also includes the biological, adopted, xxxxxx or stepchild of an employee or the child of an employee’s same- gender domestic partner. After all emergency leave has been used, sick leave may be used for emergency purposes.
