Eligibility: All full-time, active employees who have completed six month of continuous service are eligible for benefits under this policy

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An eligible employee who wishes to take time off due to the death of an immediate family member should notify his or her manager as soon as possible. If an employee leaves work early on the day he or she is notified of the death, that day will not count as bereavement leave.

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An eligible employee is entitled to bereavement leave pay (that is, whether the day would "otherwise be a working day" for an employee). 

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In the event of the death of an employee's parent, stepparent, spouse, child, stepchild, brother or sister the employee shall be allowed paid time off (Or Unpaid for PT) at their regular straight time rate up to but not to exceed four (4) work days as normally scheduled.
In the event of the death of an employee's mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparents, spouse's grandparent, or any other relative living with the employee or with whom the employee is living, the employee shall be allowed paid time off (or Unpaid for PT) at their regular straight time rate up to but not to exceed three (3) work days as normally scheduled.
 

Further, should the actual funeral take place more than two hundred (200) miles from the employee's home, an additional day off will be granted with pay (or Unpaid for PT), if the employee would have normally been scheduled.

Request Procedure: Employees need to furnish satisfactory documentation to HR that leave taken in accordance with the provision of this section was in connection with bereavement within five (5) calendar days of leave request. Documentation can include but is not limited to:

Obituary with employees name mentioned and the employee's relation to the deceased, the date of the funeral, and the employees attendance at such funeral.
 

In addition to bereavement leave, an employee may, with his or her manager's approval, use any available PTO for additional approved time off as necessary. 

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Bereavement pay is calculated based on the base pay rate at the time of absence, and it will not include any special forms of compensation, such as incentives, commissions, bonuses, overtime or shift differentials.