CITY OF LODI

                            ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY AND PROCEDURE MANUAL

 

 

 

SUBJECT:                                         :           BEREAVEMENT LEAVE - Policy

 

DATE ISSUED:                                 :           May 1, 1995

 

DATE REVISED:                              :           August 2009

 

SECTION 1:               PURPOSE

                                    The purpose of bereavement leave is to provide authorized time off work to attend the funeral and grieve the death of a member of an employee’s immediate family including the time the deceased may lie in state, the day of the funeral, and the time necessary to travel to and from the location of the funeral.

 

SECTION 2:               IMMEDIATE FAMILY

                                    An employee’s immediate family shall be limited to the following:

·  Spouse

·     Parent

·   Grandparent

·  Grandparent-in-law

·     Parent-in-law

·   Child

·  Grandchild

·     Son-in-law

·   Daughter-in-law

·  Stepchild

·     Brother

·   Sister

·  Half-brother

·     Half-sister

·   Foster parents

·  Or a distant relative who was a member of the employee’s immediate household at the time of death.

                                   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 3:               LEAVE CHARGES

                                    .  Regular employees shall be granted 24 hours of bereavement leave per death.  In cases of necessity, additional leave may be granted with the approval of the Department Head.  Such cases require the employee to submit a written request to his/her Department Head containing the reason(s) for, and relevant information pertaining to the extended leave.

 

                                    A regular employee may use sick leave, vacation leave, or compensatory time off to attend the funeral of a person the employee may be reasonably deemed to owe respect.  Use of sick leave may not exceed 24 hours.

 

SECTION 4:               NON-IMMEDIATE FAMILY

                                    Exceptions to an employee’s non-immediate family may be made in very unusual cases and then only after the employee has submitted a written request to the Department Head.