Staff Personnel Series 400

Policy Title: Bereavement Leave (Non Bargaining Personnel) Code No.: 474

 

 

Each employee shall be granted up to five (5) days of paid leave in the event of the death of an employee’s spouse, employee’s child, employee’s step-child, employee’s son-in-law, employee’s daughter-in-law, employee’s parent, employee’s step-parent, employee’s grandparent, employee’s father-in-law, employee’s mother-in-law, employee’s brother, employee’s sister, or employee’s grandchild. Up to three (3) days of paid leave shall be granted at any one time in the event of the death of an employee’s brother-in-law, employee’s sister-in-law, employee’s aunt, employee’s uncle, employee’s niece, employee’s nephew, employee’s cousin, spouses' grandparent, employees' step-sister, or employees' step-brother. In the event of the death of an employee or a student in the district, the superintendent and/or designee of said employee or student shall grant to an appropriate number of employees sufficient time to attend the funeral.

 

For the purpose of this policy the term “day” shall equate to the number of hours the employee is contracted for or assigned to work. All leaves will be recorded in hours to align properly with the time management system.

 

Date of Adoption/Review/Revision:

July 1979

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