(a) Up to three days (22.5 hours) of paid leave may, at the department head's discretion, be granted per calendar year for a death that occurs in a full-time employee's immediate family. This leave cannot be accumulated or carried forward to the following year.
An employee in need of more than three days for bereavement must use PTO or compensatory time, or seek approval for additional unpaid leave through his department head, who shall review each request on a case-by-case basis.
(b) Immediate family is defined as father, mother, husband, wife, brother, sister, child, grandchild or grandparent. Immediate family also includes a mother or father-in-law, son or daughter-in-law, sister or brother-in-law, grandparent-in-law, as well as step-mother or father, children, brother or sister, grandparents or grandchildren. In addition, a maximum of one of the three bereavement days (7.5 hours) each year can be used for an aunt, uncle or cousin (including step- or in-law relationships).
(c) An eligible employee must notify his supervisor of the death and request bereavement leave. The City reserves the right to require documentation.
(`91 Code, § 2-45) (Ord. D-398, § (h), 3-5-84; Ord. D-1344-97, 1-5-98; Ord. D-1900-08, 8-4-08; Ord. D-1939-09, As Amended, § 5, 6-1-09; Ord. D-2067-11, 11-7-11; Ord. D-2138-13, As Amended, 5-20- 13; Ord. D-2428-18, § 3, 6-18-18)