A) A regular full time employee shall be granted three (3) days funeral pay to arrange for and/or attend a funeral of a member of an 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, grandmother, grandfather, grandchild or any other relative residing in the household of the employee.
In the event the third day of such period of mourning falls on Saturday, Sunday or recognized holiday, then the employee shall be allowed the first scheduled work day thereafter. Should a 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 of funeral pay for travel shall be granted and paid.
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, but shall not be deducted from the bonus days schedule.
C) An employee may take one (1) or two (2) days to attend the funeral and reserve a day to attend to legal matters made necessary by the death, but such time provided herein shall be taken within one (1) week after the date of burial.
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 of the employee's foster mother, foster father, aunt, uncle, first cousin, niece, nephew, sister-in-law, and brother-in-law, spouse's grandmother, spouse's grandfather, 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 for whom the employee would normally be granted one (1) day of funeral pay, three (3) days funeral pay will be granted upon the furnishing of an affidavit to the division level, such affidavit proving the existence of a special filial 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 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.
The relationship of aunt, uncle, first cousin, niece or nephew shall not be considered to come into existence on account of marriage of an employee.
The wife or husband of an employee's spouse's sibling shall not be considered to be a sister-in-law or brother-in-law of the employee.
G) An employee shall be granted funeral pay only after the employee furnishes evidence of the death of a person with whom the employee had a qualifying relationship.