Common use of BEREAVEMENT PAY Clause in Contracts

BEREAVEMENT PAY. Upon application, an employee who but for the bereavement would normally have worked will be granted leave for four (4) working days commencing with the day of death or the day immediately following the death of employee’s spouse, children or step-children and (3) three working days commencing with the day of death or the day immediately following the death of the employee’s parents, step-parents, sister, broth- er, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandparents and grandchild. Only for the purpose of determining eligibility for bereavement leave, ‘spouse’ shall include a common law spouse or same sex-partner where the employee had, prior to the bereavement, resided with the common law spouse or same sex partner and had formally recorded with the TTC that the employee considered that person to be his/her spouse or partner. For example, the employee had named the person as a spouse or partner eligible for some benefit. The father or mother of such a common law spouse or same sex-partner shall be considered as in-laws and the children of such a person shall be considered as children of the employee for purposes of determining eligibility for bereavement leave. Employees regardless of service who have completed three consecutive months of continuous employment shall be paid at their basic rate for the normal hours of work on the day or days for which leave has been granted. A working day does not include off days, statutory or desig- nated holidays or days when the employee is absent commencing on or before the day of death due to injury, illness, vacation or leave of absence without pay. Serious consideration will be given to applications for bereavement leave which include the day of death or the funeral and/or more than three days in total, but employees will not be entitled to more days of paid bereavement leave than they are entitled to under the above terms. Upon application and approval by the Department Head, the President of the Union or designate will be permitted up to one day paid leave of absence to attend the funeral of Union members or retired Union members.

BEREAVEMENT PAY. Upon application, an employee who but for the bereavement would normally have worked will be granted leave for four (4) working days commencing with the day of death or the day immediately following the death of employee’s spouse, children or step-children and (3) three working days commencing with the day of death or the day immediately immedi- ately following the death of the employee’s parents, step-parents, sister, broth- erbrother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandparents and grandchildgrand- child. Only for the purpose of determining eligibility for bereavement leave, ‘spouse’ shall include a common law spouse or same sex-sex- partner where the employee had, prior to the bereavement, resided with the common law spouse or same sex partner and had formally recorded with the TTC Commission that the employee considered that person to be his/her spouse or partner. For example, the employee had named the person as a spouse or partner eligible for some benefitbene- fit. The father or mother of such a common law spouse or same sex-sex- partner shall be considered as in-laws and the children of such a person per- son shall be considered as children of the employee for purposes of determining eligibility for bereavement leave. Employees regardless of service who have completed three consecutive consecu- tive months of continuous employment shall be paid at their basic rate for the normal hours of work on the day or days for which leave has been granted. A working day does not include off days, statutory or desig- nated designated holidays or days when the employee is absent commencing com- mencing on or before the day of death due to injury, illness, vacation or leave of absence without pay. Serious consideration will be given to applications for bereavement leave which include the day of death or the funeral and/or more than three days in total, but employees will not be entitled to more days of paid bereavement leave than they are entitled to under the above terms. Upon application and approval by the Department HeadGeneral Superintendent, the President of the Union or designate will be permitted up to one day paid leave of absence to attend the funeral of Union members or retired Union members.

BEREAVEMENT PAY. Upon application, When an employee who but is absent from work on a regular work day to attend the funeral of an immediate relative, he or she shall be paid for the bereavement would normally have worked will be granted leave eight (8) hours at or her regular rate of pay for four (4) working days commencing with the each day of death or the day immediately following the death such absence up to a of employee’s spouse, children or step-children and three (3) three working days commencing with consecutive regular work days. For the day purpose of death or the day immediately following the death of the employee’s parentsthis clause, stepan immediate relative shall be defined as follows: father, mother, mother-parents, sister, broth- erin-law, father-in-law, motherhusband, wife, sister, brother, child, brother of spouse, sister of spouse, step-inchild, grandparents, grandparents of spouse, or grandchildren. In addition, when an employee is absent work on a regular work day to attend the funeral of step-parents, he or she shall be paid for eight (8) hours at his or her regular-rateof pay. It is agreed that spouse will include a common-law spouse. For the purpose of this Article, a common-law spouse shall be one who has been living with the employee in a marriage relationship for at least one year and prior to the request for bereavement leave has been vouched for in writing previously by the employee. An employee will only be involved in one marital relationship, whether legalizedor common-law, grandparents and grandchildat any one time. Only for the purpose of determining eligibility for bereavement leave, ‘spouse’ shall include a common law spouse or same sex-partner where the employee had, prior to the bereavement, resided with the common law spouse or same sex partner and had formally recorded with the TTC that the employee considered that person to be his/her spouse or partner. For example, the employee had named the person as a spouse or partner eligible for some benefit. The father or mother of such a common law spouse or same sex-partner shall be considered as in-laws and the children of such a person shall be considered as children of the employee for purposes of determining eligibility for bereavement leave. Employees regardless of service who have completed three consecutive months of continuous employment shall be paid at their basic rate for the normal hours of work on the day or days for which leave has been granted. A working day does not include off days, statutory or desig- nated holidays or days when the Where an employee is absent commencing from work on a regular work day and loses pay to attend a memorial service for any of the aforementioned relatives, he or before the day she shall be reimbursed at his or her regular rate of death due pay for his or her regular hours lost up to injurya maximum of eight (8) regular hours. Provisions of this article shall not apply to employees then receiving other company benefits such as vacation pay, illness, vacation sickness and accident payments or on an authorized leave of absence without paypay for any reason. Serious consideration will be given to applications for bereavement leave which include the day of death or the funeral and/or more than three days in total, but employees An employee will not be entitled to more days receive under this Article bereavement pay in respect of paid a day for which he or she is receiving holiday pay. To qualify for bereavement leave than they are entitled to under the pay as above terms. Upon application and approval by the Department Headwritten, the President employee must attend the funeral or funeral services of the Union or designate will be permitted up deceased relative. When extra travelling time is involved in order to one day paid comply with and above, an extended leave of absence to attend the funeral of Union members or retired Union members.without pay may be granted. ARTICLE

BEREAVEMENT PAY. Upon applicationIn the event of death in the immediate family or household, an employee who but for has completed the bereavement would normally have worked probationary period will be granted leave for four as an excused absence such time as reasonably may be needed in connection therewith. For purposes of this Section, an employee's immediate family includes mother, father, husband/wife, child (4) working including step children and xxxxxx children), brothers, sisters, grandchildren/grandparents, spouse’s parents or such persons who have reared the employee. Any of the days commencing with the day between date of death or and date of burial (both inclusive), plus any necessary travel time, on which the day immediately following employee would have worked except for such death and on which lie/she is excused from their regularly scheduled employment, shall be paid for at the death of employee’s spouseregular straight-time hourly rate (including any applicable shift premium), children or step-children and provided, however, that such payment shall not exceed three (3) normal days’ pay. The three working (3) days commencing with of bereavement leave shall not include the day of death or the day immediately following the employee's scheduled days off. Where death of a covered family member occurs and the employee’s parents, step-parents, sister, broth- er, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandparents and grandchild. Only for the purpose of determining eligibility for bereavement leave, ‘spouse’ shall include a common law spouse or same sex-partner where the employee had, prior to the bereavement, resided with the common law spouse or same sex partner and had formally recorded with the TTC that the employee considered that person funeral is to be his/her spouse held one hundred fifty (150) miles or partner. For examplemore from the County Building located at 000 X. Xxxxx St., Chicago IL, the employee had named shall be entitled to a maximum of five (5) normal day's pay. To qualify for pay as provided herein, the person as a spouse or partner eligible for some benefitemployee must present satisfactory proof of death, relationship to the deceased and attendance at the funeral. The father Employee shall have to submit one of the following as proof to the Employer for the leave to be compensated for Bereavement Leave: Letter from the Funeral Home Director, Obituary or mother a Certificate of such Death. Any additional time needed in the event of bereavement may be taken as emergency vacation. If an employee's vacation is interrupted by a common law spouse or same sex-partner death in the immediate family, bereavement pay as described herein shall be considered as in-laws allowed, and the children of such a person shall be considered as children of the employee for purposes of determining eligibility for bereavement leave. Employees regardless of service who have completed three consecutive months of continuous employment shall be paid at their basic rate for the normal hours of work on the day or days for which leave has been granted. A working day does not include off days, statutory or desig- nated holidays or days when the employee is absent commencing on or before the day of death due to injury, illness, vacation or leave of absence without pay. Serious consideration will be given to applications for bereavement leave which include the day of death or the funeral and/or more than three days in total, but employees will not be entitled counted as vacation. For purposes of this section, "household" is defined as persons living in the household for at least one (1) year prior to more days of paid bereavement leave than they are entitled to under the above terms. Upon application and approval by the Department Headdate of-death, the President of the Union or designate will be permitted up to one day paid leave of absence to attend the funeral of Union members or retired Union memberswith appropriate documentation.

BEREAVEMENT PAY. Upon application, an employee who but for the bereavement would normally have worked will be granted leave for four (4) working days commencing with the day of death or the day immediately following the death of employee’s spouse, children or step-children and (3) three working days commencing with the day of death or the day immediately immedi- ately following the death of the employee’s parents, step-parents, sister, broth- erbrother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandparents and grandchildgrand- child. Only for the purpose of determining eligibility for bereavement leave, ‘spouse’ shall include a common law spouse or same sex-partner where the employee had, prior to the bereavement, resided with the common law spouse or same sex partner and had formally recorded with the TTC that the employee considered that person to be his/her spouse or partner. For example, the employee had named the person as a spouse or partner eligible for some benefit. The father or mother of such a common law spouse or same sex-sex- partner shall be considered as in-laws and the children of such a person per- son shall be considered as children of the employee for purposes of determining eligibility for bereavement leave. Employees regardless of service who have completed three consecutive (3) con- secutive months of continuous employment shall be paid at their basic rate for the normal hours of work on the day or days for which leave has been granted. A working day does not include off days, statutory or desig- nated designated holidays or days when the employee is absent commencing commen- cing on or before the day of death due to injury, illness, vacation or leave of absence without pay. Serious consideration will be given to applications for bereavement leave which include the day of death or the funeral and/or more , greater than three days is provided for in totalthis section, but however employees will not be entitled to more days of paid bereavement leave than they are entitled to under the above terms. Upon application and approval by the Department HeadHead or designate, the President Presi- dent of the Union or designate will may be permitted up to one day paid leave of absence time off with pay to attend the funeral service of Union Local 5089 members or retired Union Local 5089 members.