Sick Leave Usage for Family Members. Bargaining unit members may use unlimited accrued sick leave for the care of an immediate family member. Immediate family member means husband, wife, grandmother, grandfather, mother, father, sister, brother, son, daughter, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, or domestic partner.
Sick Leave Usage for Family Members. Within a rolling year, employees may use up to five (5) days of their accumulated sick leave for an illness in their immediate family, in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.8, Paragraphs (d) (Notification to Employer) and (e) (Denial of Sick Leave). Up to an additional ten (10) days may be used for an immediate family member who has a catastrophic illness or injury. Each approval shall be based on Section 8.8, Paragraphs (d) and (e). Illness or injury shall include but not be limited to a personal injury or disease such as cancer, heart disease, automobile accident, etc. Leave usage under this section (k) is applicable for minor ailments such as ear infections, colds, stomach aches, or rashes in children which often require a parent to stay home. For the purposes of this provision, immediate family shall mean a child including biological, adopted, xxxxxx, step child or legal xxxx, or other child for whom the employee has day-to-day responsibilities for care and legal support who is under the age of eighteen or older if the child has a mental or physical disability, spouse, parent, or any other family member living in the same household as the employee.
Sick Leave Usage for Family Members. Sick leave may be used as described under Minnesota Statute Section 181.9413.
Sick Leave Usage for Family Members. Not more than eighty (80) hours of sick leave within any calendar year may be granted to an employee for the care of or attendance upon members of their immediate family, as defined above. Not more than forty (40) hours of sick leave within any calendar year may be approved for an employee for each absence for purposes of attending the funeral of a member of the employees' immediate family. The City may require an employee to submit evidence of eligibility to use sick leave for purposes of attending the funeral of a member of the employee's immediate family.
