AVSTA CSEA-CONTRACT-March 9, 2022

12.4.2 Unit members should request and secure approval from Agency supervisor for personal necessity leave prior to absence. If, due to the circumstances, prior request and approval is not possible, upon return from a personal necessity leave, unit members shall be required to request the leave in writing and by submitting such verification as may be required. Unit members shall be denied paid personal necessity benefits for absences for purposes other than those defined above and/or for failure to comply with the absence verification requirements of the Agency.

12.4.3 Authorized use of personal necessity leave does not include participation in employee work stoppage, or employee Association activities.

12.5

Bereavement Leave:

12.5.1 Each unit member is entitled to three (3) days leave-of-absence with pay (or (5) five days out of state travel if two hundred (200) miles or more one-way travel is required) in the event of the death of any member of his/her immediate family. Immediate family is defined as (as presented in the chart below)

Employee

Employee’s Spouse

Spouse Mother Father

Mother Father

Grandmother Grandfather

Grandmother Grandfather

Grandchild

Grandchild

Son

Son

Son-in-Law Daughter

Son-in-Law Daughter

Daughter-in-Law

Daughter-in-Law

Brother

Legal Domestic Partner Brother Sister Legal Guardian Foster Child Aunt Uncle Step Relative: 1 degree of

Sister

blood relations (step parent, step sibling, step child) Any relative living in the immediate household of the employee

Any relative living in the immediate household of the employee

12.5.2 With the authorization of the Chief Executive Officer, or Designee, each unit member entitled to bereavement leave may extend their leave of absence to five (5) days with pay or seven (7) days out of state travel or if two hundred (200) miles or more one-way travel is required). The additional days will not be deducted from a unit member’s personnel necessity days.

12.5.3 Member of the unit may be required to provide proof of eligibility for bereavement leave benefits.

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