Regulation .06 Death in Employee's Family.
Regulation .06 Death in Employee's Family.LinkCopy Citation
A.
A maximum of 5 working days, depending on need, may be charged to sick leave in the event of death of one of the following members of the immediate family:
(1)
Spouse;
(2)
Children, including foster and stepchildren;
(3)
Parents, stepparents or foster parents of the employee or spouse, or others who took the place of parents;
(4)
Legal guardians of the employee or spouse;
(5)
Brothers and sisters of the employee or spouse;
(6)
Grandparents or grandchildren of the employee or spouse; and
(7)
Other relatives living as a member of the employee's household.
B.
An employee may elect to receive up to 3 days of bereavement leave with pay, instead of using 3 of the 5 sick days that an employee is allowed to use upon the death of the following members of the employee's immediate family:
(1)
Spouse;
(2)
Children, including foster and stepchildren;
(3)
Parents, stepparents, or foster parents of the employee;
(4)
Brothers and sisters of the employee;
(5)
Grandparents and grandchildren of the employee.
C.
A maximum of 1 working day may be charged to sick leave in the event of the death of one of the following relatives:
(1)
Aunts and uncles of the employee or spouse;
(2)
Nephews and nieces of the employee or spouse;
(3)
Brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law of the employee or employee's spouse; and
(4)
Sons-in-law and daughters-in-law.
D.
If additional time is required by the employee, the supervisor shall make reasonable efforts to arrange the employee's work so that the employee may take other accrued leave for this purpose.