PERSONAL LEAVE; BEREAVEMENT LEAVE Clause Samples
PERSONAL LEAVE; BEREAVEMENT LEAVE. Section 1. Personal Days/Leave.
(a) Employees shall be entitled to two (2) days, based on the employee’s regular work shift, of personal leave in each contract year. Unused personal leave, up to a maximum of two (2) regular work days, may be carried over from year to year.
(b) An employee that is responsible for a reasonably avoidable accident, which caused injury or property damage, during the contract year shall forfeit one (1) regular work day of sick leave. The Director of Public Works shall determine whether the accident was reasonably avoidable.
PERSONAL LEAVE; BEREAVEMENT LEAVE. Each member of the Department shall be granted a maximum of three (3) days with pay each year for the following reasons:
a. Religious Observances
b. Doctor or Dental Appointments
c. Marriages or Births
d. Other reasons at the discretion and with the permission of the chief or the officer in charge. Each member of the Department shall be granted a maximum of three (3) days with pay each year due to death in the family. The term family shall mean spouse, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, natural, or step- parents, child, brother, or sister, father-in-law, or mother-in- law, or any person residing in the same household. Personal time of three (3) days shall be available and/or Bereavement Leave of three days shall be available, but in no event shall an individual be entitled to a total of more than five days, with pay, in any fiscal year for Personal Leave and Bereavement Leave. Personal time must be requested a minimum of 48 hours in advance unless the request is due to an emergency. Personal time shall be approved by the Chief. If the Chief cannot be contacted for emergency leave requests, requests shall be made to the duty officer who shall have the authority to approve the leave. The Chief shall thereafter be notified of the emergency personal leave at the earliest opportunity.