For non-seasonal, Extra-Help employees who have worked a minimum of two thousand eighty
(2,080) continuous hours of extra-help work with the County without a break in service, and
Limited Term employees, the County will provide up to twenty-four (24) hours of paid
bereavement leave upon the death of an employee’s parents, spouse, domestic partner, child (including
through miscarriage or stillbirth), stepchild, sibling, sibling- in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law,
grandparent, grandparent-in-law or grandchild.
Employees who do not meet the above eligibility requirements, but who have been employed by the
County for at least thirty (30) days, shall be entitled up to five (5) days of bereavement leave consistent
with applicable law, which may be unpaid or may be taken from available accrued leave balances
pursuant to Section 19.2(4).
The Department may require that the employee, within 30 days of the first day of leave,
provide documentation of the death of the family member consistent with the County policy on
bereavement leave. Bereavement leave does not need to be taken consecutively and must be completed within three (3) months of the day of death of the family member.
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