A regular full-time employee who has an immediate family member (parent, sibling, spouse, child, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparent or grandchild) taken by death may receive up to three days of paid leave as bereavement leave. The employee may request additional days of vacation, floating holiday, or compensatory time for travel, subject to the approval of the appropriate department director and the mayor or mayor’s designee.

A regular part-time employee who has an immediate family member (parent, sibling, spouse, child, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparent or grandchild) taken by death may receive up to three days (prorated, based on a percentage of their regular part-time weekly hours divided by 40) paid leave as bereavement leave. The employee may request additional days of vacation, floating holiday, or compensatory time for travel, subject to the approval of the appropriate department director and the mayor or mayor’s designee.

Part-time/temporary/seasonal employees are not eligible for bereavement leave.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to those employees who are covered by negotiated union agreements. (Ord. 3287 § 10, 2018; Ord. 2576 § 2, 2005)