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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
Administrative Order No. 226
Personnel Policies &Procedures
Subject: Bereavement Initial Effective Date:
November 22, 1993
Revised 5/7 07
Approved
This Administrative Order supersedes Administrative Order No. 72, § V. Leave for Death in
Immediate Family(Bereavement).
I. PURPOSE:
To allow employees time off in the case of death of a close family member.
II. DEPARTMENTS AFFECTED:
This Order shall apply to all full and regular part-time hourly employees; to the extent,
however, a union contract lawfully conflicts with the provisions of this Order, such
contract provisions shall prevail.
III. POLICY:
Up to four days paid leave shall be available to any regular employee in the event of
death of a member of the employee's immediate family. This leave is available within
fourteen days (14) of the death for the purpose of observing a period of mourning. All
time off for a death in the immediate family in excess of four days shall be charged to
sick leave. Documentation shall accompany the time sheet for the pay period in which
pay for bereavement leave is requested. Examples of documentation are: obituary,
funeral notice, funeral bulletin, copy of death certificate.
IV. DEFINITIONS:
■ Immediate family includes: spouse of the employee; children, parents, siblings,
grandparents, grandchildren of the employee and those of the employee's spouse.
V. PROCEDURE:
• The employee shall notify his/her manager as soon as the need for bereavement leave
is known, using the Request for Absence form. The manager shall be informed of the
relationship between the employee and the deceased.
• The leave may be split in the situation of a death and a delayed memorial service with
approval of the department director. However, use of bereavement leave shall not
exceed four days in any event.
• Time sheets are to be completed appropriately and accompanied by documentation of
the death of the family member.