(A) Bereavement leave must be arranged with the supervisor. The request must be executed by the employee. It must state the relationship between the deceased and the employee, and the length of time needed for the requested absence. The town may request a statement from the funeral home or the obituary indicating the name of the deceased, location of funeral, and the date of funeral.
(B) All regular, full-time employees may be granted a paid leave of up to three days in the event of the death in the employee’s immediate family. Employee’s IMMEDIATE FAMILY, for purposes of this section, shall mean spouse, child, parent, sibling, and grandparent. It also includes an employee’s stepparent, stepchild, stepsibling, half sibling, grandchild, and corresponding in-laws, and other residents of the household of an employee.
(C) Employees may receive up to two days, upon the death of an, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, cousin, or any other family member not defined as in the IMMEDIATE FAMILY.
(D) In the event of the death of a person not listed above, an employee should use accrued time. If an employee has no paid time available, the employee will have the right to attend the funeral, however, he or she will not be paid for time off.
(E) The Town Council reserves the right to approve additional bereavement days.