Bereavement Leave Policy

Process Owner

Senior Executive of Corporate Human Resources

Purpose

To define GovC’s Bereavement Leave policy.

Definitions

Bereavement Pay – Calculated based on employee’s base pay at time of bereavement absence.

Base Pay – The hourly pay component of compensation as computed on the basis of a 40 hour work week (non-exempt) or 80 hour pay period (exempt).

Eligible Employee – Active full-time and part-time regular employees working a minimum of 20 or more hours per week.

Immediate Family – Employee’s spouse, domestic partner, child, mother, father, sister, brother, grandparent, grandchild, mother- or father-in-law, brother- or sister-in-law, daughter- or son-in law.

Policy

It is GovC’s policy to provide up to three (3), 8-hour days or 24 hours of paid bereavement leave to eligible employees during a time of mourning, to attend to family responsibilities and funeral observances after the loss of an immediate family member.

Paid bereavement leave only applies to regularly scheduled work days and does not include shift differential, bonuses, overtime, or other special forms of compensation.

Responsibilities

Employees

Responsible for informing their Supervisor and obtaining approval prior to commencing bereavement leave.

Managers/Supervisors

• Authorizing the use of bereavement leave.

Vice President or Executive Director

Evaluating requests and providing approval for the use of bereavement leave for other than immediate family members.

President

Granting waivers and deviations to this policy.