D. The Sick Leave Bank Article or the procedures and standards established by the Sick
Leave Bank Committee shall not be subject to the grievance procedure.
ARTICLE 18
BEREAVEMENT LEAVE
Definitions: For the purposes of this Article:
A. The term "bereavement leave" means "a leave of absence granted to an employee upon
a death occurring in the employee's Immediate Family."
B. The Chief's "designee" is the Deputy Chief of Operations or the Bureau Commander. In
the absence of the Deputy Chief of Operations or the Bureau Commander, the Chief's
designee may be the Divisional Supervisor.
Procedures:
A. Such leave shall normally commence upon the day following the death of the immediate
family member. For full-time employees, the leave shall consist of three (3) consecutive
calendar days with pay. Bereavement leave for 34-hour part-time employees shall
consist of two (2) consecutive calendar days with pay (8.5 hours x 2 days). In the event
of the death of an employee's parent, spouse or child, bereavement leave shall consist of
four (4) consecutive calendar days with pay.
B. If for reasons which would require out-of-state travel to the funeral services or due to the
actual date of the funeral services, the Chief of Police or designee may allow a delay in
the commencement of the consecutive bereavement leave days as specified above.
C. At the discretion of the Chief of Police or Deputy Chief of Operations, the consecutive
days, as specified in paragraph A, may be broken up between the initial notification and
the actual day of the funeral services.
D. Employees on scheduled time off shall not be eligible for payment for bereavement leave
during such time off.
immediate Familv:
Members of the Immediate Family shall include the following:
Wife Husband Step-Mother
Mother Step-Father Mother-in-Law
Sister Grandmother Step-Son
Son Daughter Father-in-Law
Brother Step-Daughter Father
Grandfather Step-Brother Brother-in-Law
Step-Sister Sister-in-Law Blood Relative/Ward residing in the
sane as the
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