Deputy Chief or division supervisor seven (7) days in advance of the requested
leave date. This leave cannot be scheduled on days excluded under Article 21 H.2.
Article 23 - BEREAVEMENT LEAVE
A. — Four (4) duty shifts (not to exceed forty-eight (48) hours) paid leave at
the employee's regular straight time rate will be granted for absence from
scheduled work necessitated by death in the immediate family. For purposes of this
section, immediate family shall mean employee's spouse, children, step-children,
brother, sister, and parents and step-parents of employee or spouse. By definition,
child includes the loss of the fetus, after the second trimester of the pregnancy.
B. | Two (2) duty shifts (not to exceed twenty-four (24) hours) paid leave
at employee's regular straight time rate will be granted for absence from scheduled
work necessitated by death in the extended family. For purposes of this section,
extended family shall mean employee's grandparents, daughter-in-law, son- in-law,
brother-in-law, sister-in-law, step—pareatsstepbrother, stepsisters, and—niecce,
nephew, spouses’ grandparents, and employee’s or employee’s spouse’s blood
related uncle or aunt.
C. Paid leave as provided in sections A and B above can only be taken
contiguous to the death and/or at the time of the funeral/memorial service.
D. In the event that the provisions of C above occur during an
employee’s vacation, the employee shall be able to take the appropriate number of
duty shifts allotted in A. or B. of this Article 23 immediately following his/her
return to work following vacation or have them recredited to his/her vacation
accrual.
Article 24 - PERSONAL LEAVE
A. Employees may take personal leave for such purposes as job-related
education, illness or death in the immediate family, as defined in Article 23, and
such other personal business as cannot be performed during off duty hours, subject
to the requirements of Paragraphs B and C below.
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