The purpose of administrative leave is to make an employee whole for the workday. Leave shall be granted based on the individual employee's scheduled workday hours. Employees, including employees on initial probation, shall, with supervisory approval, be granted paid administrative leave in accordance with the following:
(A) Jury duty. An employee called for jury duty shall receive jury leave for the period of jury service. If the employee’s services are not required as a jury member on any part of a workday, the employee shall report to his or her supervisor for duty. The employee shall remit to the county the per-day fee received for jury service to receive administrative leave. Employee is not required to remit parking fees or meal allowance which may be provided by the Court.
(B) Subpoenaed witness. An employee subpoenaed to appear in a court action, before a grand jury, administrative agency, or for a deposition shall receive witness leave for the period covered by the subpoena. Employee is required to submit appropriate documentation to receive administrative leave award. This does not apply to an employee who is a party to the action or who is appearing as a paid witness.
(C) Military. An employee who is a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine, or Coast Guard Reserve shall be granted military leave for military training or operations not to exceed 15 workdays per county fiscal year and in accordance with federal and state laws.
(D) Bereavement.
(1) An employee shall receive bereavement leave upon the death of an immediate family member, not to exceed three regularly scheduled workdays or five, if travel requires an overnight stay.
(2) For purposes of this section, IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS are defined as employee's spouse, parents (including long-term foster parents), step parents, siblings, step siblings, children, step children, grandparents, step grandparents, grandchildren, step grandchildren, father-in-law, step father-in-law, mother-in-law, step mother-in-law, brother-in-law, step brother-in-law, sister-in-law, step sister-in-law, son-in-law, step son-in-law, daughter-in-law, and step daughter-in-law. IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER also includes other family members residing with the employee at the time of their death.
(3) An employee’s supervisor may approve up to one workday of bereavement leave to attend the funeral of family members, other than immediate family, not to exceed two workdays per fiscal year.
(4) An employee shall, upon request, submit appropriate documentation to their supervisor including but not limited to a death certificate, a funeral slip, or an obituary notice.
(2004 Code, § 48-33) (Ord. 2017-01, passed 2-16-2017; Ord. 2022-08, passed 7-28-2022)