Funeral/Bereavement Leave. Section 1. An employee shall be granted up to three work days of leave of absence with pay for bereavement in the event of the death of any person residing in the employee's household or any member of the immediate family of either the employee or the employee’s spouse. Section 2. The immediate family shall be defined as the spouse, child, parent, xxxxxx parents, sister, sister-in-law, brother, brother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepchildren, stepbrother, stepsister, half-brother, half-sister, grandparents, and grandchildren. (Xxxxxx parent means the individual who provided parental care for the member or spouse during a major portion of the pre-adult years.) Section 3. A five work day leave of absence with pay shall be granted for attendance at an out-of-state funeral for an immediate family member as defined in Section 2. Such employee may be granted, at the discretion of the Sheriff, additional time for funeral leave which shall be charged to the employee’s accrued vacation or compensatory leave banks. Section 4. An employee may also use funeral/bereavement leave provided in this Article for the attendance of a funeral for a member of the immediate family of either the member or the member’s spouse when the immediate family member is killed in combat while serving in the U.S. military or is killed in the line of duty while serving as a law enforcement or corrections officer. For purposes of this Section only, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, and nephews are included in the definition of immediate family, as well as those other family members listed in Section 2.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
