Romano-Bereavement Leave

Question 1

At the time of the death of a member of an employee’s immediate family as defined in Article 18.2, the Employer may authorize the employee paid time off of up to

Answer 1

5 days

Question 2

An employee may be granted paid time off to attend the funeral of a JSO employee as authorized by the appropriate

Answer 2

Assistant Chief or higher level official.

Question 3

An employee, who requires additional time to attend to family matters, or for the death of relatives not included in this definition, may request to use

Answer 3

other accrued leave for bereavement purposes

Question 4

Immediate Family defined:

Answer 4

spouse
children (step and children's spouses)
parents (step and parents in law)
brothers/sisters (half siblings and brothers and sisters in law)
aunts/uncles
grandparents
grandchildren
other family that permanently reside with employee

*special consideration can be given to any other person who has had a close, long-standing, personal relationship with the employee, where such a person acted similar to, and/or stood in the place of, a mother, father, brother, sister, or grandparent of the employee.