Bereavement Leave

Ideal provides bereavement leave to employees who need to take time off because an immediate family member died. To ask for bereavement leave, see your supervisor.

Employees in the following employment classifications are eligible for up to 2 of bereavement leave with pay:

* Regular full-time employees

* Regular part-time employees

While you are on a paid bereavement leave, you will get your base pay rate but you will not get any special forms of pay, such as incentives, commissions, bonuses, or shift differentials.

We normally will give you bereavement leave unless there are business reasons that require you be at work. With your supervisor's approval, you can use any available paid leave benefits you have, such as vacation, if you need more time off.

For bereavement leave, "immediate family" means your spouse, parent, child, brother, or sister; your spouse's parent, child, brother, or sister.

Policy No.  309  Issued  8/2/2005