(a) Each full-time employee of the Village shall be entitled to bereavement leave. Bereavement leave shall be allowed for a three day period of time. Those days will be the day before the funeral, the day of the funeral and the day after the funeral. Bereavement leave will be used only in the event of death in the employee's immediate family. For the purpose of this section, immediate family shall be construed to mean husband, wife, father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, grandparents, grandchildren and in laws of the above listed members.
(b) When using bereavement leave, the employee shall contact his department head. If the department head approves the request, a bereavement form will be completed by the employee and approved by the Village Administrator.
(c) The use of bereavement leave shall in no way affect the employee's accumulated sick leave or work record.
(Ord. 97-13. Passed 12-1-97.)