(a) A maximum of four (4) days leave of absence shall be granted to any full-time employee due to a death in their immediate family (mother, father, sister, brother, spouse, child, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, stepparent, half-brother, half-sister, grandparent, mother-in-law and father-in-law) and such time shall not be deducted from the employee's accumulated sick leave.
(b) A maximum of three (3) days' leave of absence shall be granted to any full-time employee due to a death in the following members of their family: aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews. Such time shall be deducted from their accumulated sick leave.
(c) When, in the opinion of the responsible department head, additional leave of absence for family death is in the best interest of both the City and the employee, such additional leave may be granted and shall be deducted from the employee's accumulated sick leave.
(Ord. 2023-23. Passed 8-22-23.)