In the event of a death in an employee's immediate or extended family, an employee may be granted bereavement leave. For the death of immediate family member, an employee may receive three days leave of absence with pay. Immediate family is defined as: parents, spouse, children, stepchildren, grandparents, brother, sister, grandchild, mother in law, father in law, sister in law and brother in law. Requests may be made for an authorization of leave involving the deaths of individuals who are not part of the employee's immediate or extended family and leave may be granted at the discretion of a supervisor or departmental director. An additional one day for travel may be granted if distance is more than 250 miles one way. Bereavement leave shall not affect any other leave.
(Ord. 1061, passed 4-5-21)