Common use of Funeral/Bereavement Leave Clause in Contracts

Funeral/Bereavement Leave. When a death occurs in the immediate family of an employee, (s)he shall be entitled to a leave of up to three (3) days with pay. In addition, employees will be granted an additional two (2) days of paid time when traveling 300 miles or more to attend funeral or memorial services. Further, the employee shall be granted an additional three (3) days unpaid leave of absence in excess of that to which (s)he may otherwise be entitled if such request is submitted by the employee. Bereavement leave may be divided due to timing of services and related circumstances and need not be taken on consecutive days. Family is defined as:  spouse/domestic partner  sister/step sister/sister-in law/step sister-in-law  brother/step-brother/brother-in-law/step-brother-in-law,  daughter/step daughter/daughter-in-law/step-daughter-in-law  son/step-son/son-in-law/step-son-in-law  mother, mother-in-law  father, father-in-law  parent/step parent/parent-in-law/step parent-in-law  in loco parentis  child/step child/legal xxxx/xxxxxx child/adopted child  grandparents/step-grandparent  grandchildren, step-grandchildren and  relative living in same household Pay for such leave shall be calculated in the same manner as that paid for sick leave in Article VI. If an employee is on vacation and a death occurs in the employee's immediate family, the employee may convert such vacation time to funeral leave provided, however:

Funeral/Bereavement Leave. When a death occurs in the immediate family of an employee, (s)he shall be entitled to a leave of up to three (3) days with pay. In addition, employees will be granted an additional two (2) days of paid time when traveling 300 miles or more to attend funeral or memorial services. Further, the employee shall be granted an additional three (3) days unpaid leave of absence in excess of that to which (s)he may otherwise be entitled if such request is submitted by the employee. Bereavement leave may be divided due to timing of services and related circumstances and need not be taken on consecutive days. Family is defined as:  ▪ spouse/domestic partner  ▪ sister/step sister/sister-in law/step sister-in-law  ▪ brother/step-brother/brother-in-law/step-brother-in-law,  ▪ daughter/step daughter/daughter-in-law/step-daughter-in-law  ▪ son/step-son/son-in-law/step-son-in-law  ▪ mother, mother-in-law  ▪ father, father-in-law  ▪ parent/step parent/parent-in-law/step parent-in-law  ▪ in loco parentis  ▪ child/step child/legal xxxx/xxxxxx child/adopted child  ▪ grandparents/step-grandparent  ▪ grandchildren, step-grandchildren and  ▪ relative living in same household Pay for such leave shall be calculated in the same manner as that paid for sick leave in Article VI. If an employee is on vacation and a death occurs in the employee's immediate family, the employee may convert such vacation time to funeral leave provided, however: