LEAVE FOR BEREAVEMENT OR SERIOUS ILLNESS

The College will grant leave with pay to full-time College employees for bereavement or serious illness in the immediate family.

Adopted: November 19, 1981
Reformatted: October 7, 1986
Reformatted: July 26, 2011
Reformatted: March, 2012
Revised: March 12, 2020

Procedure 4510D

LEAVE FOR BEREAVEMENT OR SERIOUS ILLNESS

DEATH
A full-time employee may be granted Bereavement Leave for up to five (5) working days because of a death in the immediate family.

Definition of Immediate Family
The immediate family includes spouse/partner, children, parents (including step-parents), legal guardians, grandparents (including grandparents of a spouse/partner and step-grandparents), grandchildren and their spouses/partners, siblings and step-siblings, immediate in-laws, aunt, uncle, niece or nephew of the employee or of their spouse/partner.

Amount of Leave
The President, or designee, will decide how many days of leave will be granted after considering the situation, such as the relationship of the deceased person to the employee and the distance to be traveled.

SERIOUS ILLNESS
A full-time employee may also be granted Bereavement Leave for up to five working days because of a serious illness of the immediate family as defined above, exclusive of spouse/partner, parents and dependents. (Employees may take Sick Leave for serious illness of these family members). The President, or designee, will decide how many days will be granted using the guideline above.

Approval Process
To be approved for bereavement/serious illness leave, the employee must send the request in writing, including the name and relationship of the family member, to their immediate supervisor who will forward the request to the appropriate administrator or designee.

Adopted: November 19, 1981
Reformatted: October 7, 1986
Revised: March 27, 1997
Revised: July 20, 2011
Reformatted: March, 2012
Revised: March 12, 2020