(A) If a death should occur in your immediate family, you may be given personal time off with pay to attend the funeral if you are a full-time employee who has completed the 90-day probationary period with the town. The pay will be for the time lost from work because of the death, but not to exceed eight hours per day at your straight time rate, up to a maximum of five days.
(B) Bereavement leave will not be included in the calculation of overtime.
(C) You will not be paid for funeral leave on days for which you are otherwise compensated (holidays, vacation, etc.) and the five days must fall within consecutive workdays or be approved by the department head. One of the five days must either be the date of death or the date of funeral. Immediate family is defined as current spouse, child, stepchild, parent or stepparent, current mother-in-law, current father-in-law, brother, sister, grandparents, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparent-in-laws or grandchildren or any family member residing in the employee's household.
(D) Employees shall receive two days of leave upon the death of an aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, or cousin. If the employee feels that he/she needs more than one day, vacation time can be used with the permission of the department head.
(Ord. 2022-13, passed 12-21-2022)