Leave of Absence for Bereavement. 1. Any unit member is entitled to be absent from duties without loss of pay when there is a death of a member of the unit member's immediate family, step family and/or domestic partner’s family. Such absence shall be allowed for up to three (3) days, or five (5) days if travel is required either out of state or to a location four hundred miles or more from the employee's residence. 2. Members of the immediate family, step family and/or domestic partner’s family, as used in this section, means: the parent, child, grandparent or grandchild of either the unit member or the spouse of the unit member; and the spouse, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law or daughter-in-law of the unit member; or any person living in the immediate household of the unit member; or any person for whose care the unit member has assumed primary responsibility. Individual exceptions may be submitted for approval to the Superintendent or his/her designee. 3. For death-related absences beyond the above terms, see Section G, Necessity.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
