A Command Officer shall be granted three (3) days of funeral pay to arrange for and/or attend the funeral of a member of the Command Officer's immediate family. A Command Officer's immediate family shall include father, mother, brother, sister, spouse, child, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter- in-law, stepmother, stepfather, step-child, grandparent, grandchild and any other relative residing in the household of the Command Officer.
In the event of the death of the Command Officer's father, mother, brother, sister, spouse, or child, the Command Officer, upon giving notice, shall have the right to take up to an additional three (3) days of sick pay. Such additional sick time shall be charged to the Command Officer's accumulated sick days, but shall have no effect on Bonus Days as provided in Section 2109.55 Bonus Days.
Should death or burial in the immediate family occur in a city located more than one hundred fifty (150) miles from Toledo, an additional two (2) days for travel shall be granted and paid.
The Command Officer may take two (2) days to attend the funeral and reserve a day to attend to the legal matters made necessary by the death.
This benefit shall also be extended when the relative is a veteran being returned for burial.
One (1) day of funeral pay shall be granted to attend the funeral of the Command Officer's foster mother, foster father, aunt, uncle, first cousin, niece, nephew, sister-in-law and brother-in-law.
When a special filial relationship exists between the Command Officer and any relative for whom the Command Officer would normally be granted one (1) day of funeral pay, three (3) days funeral pay will be granted when the Command Officer furnishes the Director of Human Resources an affidavit proving the existence of a special filial relationship. A filial relationship is defined as being one in which the Command Officer bears or assumes a relationship with another individual similar to that of a child, off-spring, or parent.
The relationships of aunt, uncle, first cousin, niece or nephew shall not be considered to come into existence on account of the marriage of a Command Officer.
The wife or husband of a Command Officer's spouse's sibling shall not be considered to be a sister-in-law or brother-in-law of the Command Officer.
A Command Officer shall be granted funeral pay only after the Command Officer furnishes evidence of the death of a person with whom the employee had a qualifying relationship.