Bereavement Leave
BEREAVEMENT LEAVE
- Three (3) days of paid bereavement leave shall be granted to regular (Benefitted) Nurses after ninety (90) days of employment in cases of death in the Nurse’s immediate family
- Defined to include spouse or significant other, mother, father, daughter, son, sister, brother, current mother-in-law, current father-in-law, current daughter-in-law, current son-in-law and grandparents, step mother, step father, step daughter, step son, step sister, step brother, foster child, legal ward, and grandchild.
- Additionally, the Medical Center will not unreasonably deny a Nurse’s request for two (2) additional days of unpaid bereavement leave in the event that travel in excess of one hundred (100) miles is necessary.