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: Spouse; Children, including foster and stepchildren; Parents, stepparents or foster parents of the employee or spouse, or others who took the place of parents; Legal guardians of the employee or spouse; Brothers and sisters of the employee or spouse; Grandparents or grandchildren of the employee or spouse; and Other relatives living as a member of the employee's household. 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: Spouse; Children, including foster and stepchildren; Parents, stepparents, or foster parents of the employee; Brothers and sisters of the employee; Grandparents and grandchildren of the employee. A maximum of 1 working day may be charged to sick leave in the event of the death of one of the following relatives: Aunts and uncles of the employee or spouse; Nephews and nieces of the employee or spouse; Brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law of the employee or employee's spouse; and Sons-in-law and daughters-in-law. 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.