(a) Employees shall be granted up to three (3) days funeral pay to arrange for and/or attend the funeral or memorial service of a member of the employee's immediate family. For the purpose of this section an employee's immediate family shall include father, mother, brother, sister, spouse, child, mother-in-law, father-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, stepmother, stepfather, stepchild, grandmother, grandfather, grandchild, great-grandparent, great-grandchildren, spouse's grandparent and any other relative residing in the household of the employee.
(b) In the event of the death of the employee's father, mother, brother, sister, spouse, or child, the employee, upon giving notice, shall have the right to take up to an additional three (3) days of sick pay. Such additional time shall be charged to the employee's accumulated sick days. In the event the third day of such period of mourning falls on Saturday, Sunday or a recognized holiday, then the employee shall be allowed the first scheduled work day thereafter. Should an employee be required to travel in excess of one hundred and fifty (150) miles from Toledo for the funeral or memorial service of an immediate family member, an additional two (2) days for travel shall be granted and paid.
(c) An employee may take one (1) or two (2) days to attend the funeral or memorial service and reserve a day to attend to legal matters made necessary by the death, but such time provided herein shall be taken within three (3) months after the date of death. This benefit shall also be extended when the relative is a veteran being returned for burial.
(d) One (1) day of funeral pay shall be granted to attend the funeral or memorial service of the employee's or employee spouse's foster mother, foster father, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, sister-in-law and brother-in-law, if such funeral occurs on a regular work day and if such employee was scheduled to work that day.
(e) Where a special filial relationship exists between the employee and any relative, as defined in subsection (d), for whom the employee would normally be granted the above one (1) day of funeral pay, three (3) days funeral pay shall be granted upon the furnishing of an affidavit to the Department of Human Resources setting forth sufficient proof of the special relationship. A filial relationship is defined as being one in which the employee bears or assumes a relationship with another individual similar to that of a child, offspring, or parent.
(f) Relationships within this policy which came into existence solely on account of marriage of an employee shall be considered dissolved on the same day said marriage is dissolved by law or death.
(g) An employee shall be granted funeral pay only after the employee furnishes evidence of the death of the person with whom the employee had a qualifying relationship. All funeral leave days granted under this section must be requested and used by the employee within three (3) months of the date of death. Funeral pay is not payable if the employee is already on an approved leave, whether paid or unpaid.
(Ord. 599-23. Passed 11-21-23.)