(a) Each employee shall be entitled to be paid his or her regular rate of compensation for an absence due to the death of a member of the employee's immediate family. For the purpose of this section, members of an employee's immediate family include only the employee's mother, father, sister, brother, husband, wife, children (biological, adopted, or otherwise), mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchildren, grandparents and spouse's grandparents, or any other person who clearly stands in the same relationship with the employee, whether or not such persons live in the same residence as the employee.
(b) In the event that the funeral is 100 miles or less away from the boundaries of the Village, the employee shall be compensated for no more than three scheduled days or one scheduled tour of duty in the Fire Department. In the event that the funeral is in excess of 100 miles away from the Village, the employee shall be compensated for no more than five scheduled days or two scheduled tours of duty in the Fire Department. The employee shall provide his or her department head with a work release or equivalent from the funeral director before compensation will be given.
(c) Any time off for funeral leave in excess of the time off as described in this section may be charged to the employee's accumulated sick leave, but in no event shall the total time off from work exceed two weeks of scheduled working time.
(Ord. 1996-58. Passed 4-10-96; Ord. 2017-83. Passed 12-13-17.)