Board
Policies & Administrative Procedures
500 |
Human Resources - Faculty & Staff |
570.4 |
Bereavement Time |
| P – 570.4 |
The
College provides bereavement time as an employment
benefit to regular full-time faculty and full
and part-time staff hired to work a minimum of
twenty (20) hours per week. Project based employees
are not eligible for bereavement time. |
| Pr – 570.4.1 |
In
order to make arrangements or attend the funeral
of family members listed below, faculty and staff
hired to work 80 hours per bi-weekly pay period,
may receive up to twenty-four (24) paid hours
off (per occurrence) for scheduled work days,
not charged to vacation, sick, or personal time.
Qualifying family members include the employee’s
spouse, domestic partner, children, step-children,
parent(s), step-parent(s), grandparent(s), grandchildren,
brother(s), sister(s), step-brother(s) and step-sister(s),
brother(s)/ sister(s)-in-law, son(s)-/daughter(s)-in
law and any of the above mentioned relatives of
the spouse or the domestic partner. Bereavement
time may also be used for any relative or dependent
living in the household of the employee. |
| Pr – 570.4.2 |
Employees
may receive up to eight (8) paid hours off (per
occurrence), not charged to vacation, sick or
personal time, to attend the funeral of the employee’s
or spouse’s/domestic partner’s aunt, uncle, niece,
nephew, or cousin when the funeral is scheduled
on the employee’s work day. Employees must use
vacation or personal time to attend funerals of
other individuals who are not specifically identified
within this policy. If an employee has exhausted
all accrued vacation and personal time, the absence
will be unpaid. |
| Pr – 570.4.3 |
If
the death of a family member occurs while an employee
is on scheduled personal day(s) or vacation day(s),
personal and vacation time can be changed to
bereavement time, in accordance with the above
policy and procedures (i.e. making arrangements
or attending the funeral of qualifying family
members). |
| Pr – 570.4 |
Employees
hired to work less than 80 hours per bi-weekly
pay period, may receive pro-rated bereavement
time according to their FTE%. (example: 80% employee
would be allowed up to 19.20 hours of bereavement
(24 hours times .80 = 19.20 hours). |
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Content Owner: Donna
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Page Created by: Chris Scherer
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Date Issued:
Date Revised: 2/07, 9/08
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