(A) Each employee shall be entitled to a funeral leave of not to exceed three work days, in the event of the death of such employee's father, mother, spouse, child, brother, sister, grandfather, grandmother, grandchild, spouse's mother, spouse's father or a person standing in place of the employee's parents. Such funeral leave shall be utilized within seven days of the funeral.
(B) For purposes of this section, three work days shall be considered as one twenty-four hour day for Fire Department employees on the platoon system, as provided in Section 234.06. Notwithstanding subsection (A) hereof, an employee on the platoon system shall also be entitled to funeral leave for the balance of any work day on which death occurs.
(C) Upon the request of an employee, a department head shall permit the employee to attend the funeral of a fellow City employee, provided that overtime is not caused thereby and the operation of the department is not impaired.
(Ord. 41-80. Passed 3-31-80.)