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BEREAVEMENT
Employees who are regularly scheduled to work 35 or more hours per week and
have completed the three month introduclory period are eligible for Iwo days off
with pay. for the death of an immediate family member. A day is equal to the
hours the employee is regularly scheduled to work per service day, and overtime
hours are not considered regulqrly scheduled hours for any classification of
employee. Pay will not be given for days on which the employee was not
scheduled to work. For purposes of this policy, an employee's immediate family
is defined to include the current spouse or domestic partner, father, mother,
sister, brother, child, grandparents, and grandchildren. If an employee requires
more than the days allowed, the employee may request a personal leave of
absence for additional time off. If the employee has accrued Personal Days
these days must be used before reverting to unpaid time off.
Requests for bereavement leave should be made to an employee's immediate
supelVisor as soon as possible. The company reserves the right ~o request
satisfactory evidence to support a claim for bereavement leave.
On-call and training employees are ineligible for paid bereavement leave.
SCIIOOL VISITATION
If required to appear for a school conference, an employee who is the parent or
guardian of a child who is suspended may take time off without pay if they
provide reasonable advance notice to their supervisor of the heed for time off.
SCHOOL ACTIVITlES PARTICIPATION
Under certain circumstances, eligible employees may be entitled to take lime off
to participate in activities of their chi ld's school. In order to be eligible for time off
under this policy, an employee must be the parent, guardian, or grandparent of a
child who is in kindergarten or a grade between one and 12, inclusive, or a ch ild
who is enrolled in licensed day care. The employee must provide reasonable
notice of the planned absence to the supervisor before taking time off. The
employe~ may not take more than 40 Ilours off for this purpose in any single
school year or more than 8 hours off in any ca lendar month of the school year.
If both parents of a child are employed by the employer at the same work site,
only one parent may take time off at a time under this policy. The parent who
first gives appropriate notice of the need for time off under this policy will have
preference. In some cases the supervisor or Human Resources representative
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