Other Absences and Leave. Failure to fulfill the BWR by the end of the pay period will result in an employee being charged approved or unapproved leave for the amount of time he/she lacks in meeting the BWR.
Other Absences and Leave. Section 1: Bereavement Leave: Bereavement leave (with pay) of up to two (2) consecutive shifts, shall be granted to a unit employee[s] in the event of a death in his or her immediate family and twelve (12) hours for the death of other relatives. Should a unit employee have a good faith reason to take this bereavement leave in non-consecutive shifts, the employee may submit a written request to the Fire Chief and/or designated representative for review and approval. Such requests will not be reasonably denied. For the purpose of this Section, Immediate family is defined as spouse, children, stepchildren, parents, brothers, sisters, stepparents, stepbrothers, stepsisters, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparents, and grandchildren of the employee. Other relatives is defined as grandfather (in-law), grandmother (in- law), great grandfather (in-law), great grandmother (in-law), brother-in-law, sister-in-law, uncle, aunt, xxxxxx’s uncle and aunt, great aunt and uncle, xxxxxx’s great aunt and uncle, first cousin and xxxxxx’s first cousin. In the event the unit employee is on paid vacation at the time of the death of a relative, the bereavement leave will not be charged against your vacation credit. Additional vacation or sick leave may be granted to compensate for those days used as bereavement leave.
Other Absences and Leave
