{"id":335,"date":"2014-07-15T00:51:26","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T00:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/staffhandbook\/?page_id=335"},"modified":"2014-07-15T00:51:26","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T00:51:26","slug":"3-5-9bereavement-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/staffhandbook\/3-5-9bereavement-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"3.5.9\tBereavement Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\tOverview<\/strong>\n<\/div>\n
\n\tDuring times of death in the immediate family, Jackson State University understands that employees may need additional time off for various reasons pertaining to their loss.\n<\/div>\n
\n\t \n<\/div>\n
\n\tPolicy Provisions<\/strong>\n<\/div>\n
    \n
  • \n\t\tUp to three (3) days of earned medical leave with full pay may be granted.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
  • \n\t\tIf the period exceeds three days in any one occurrence, the excess will be charged to accrued personal leave or deducted from the employee’s salary.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
  • \n\t\tOne day of accrued personal leave with full pay will be granted for relatives or persons outside of the immediate family.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
  • \n\t\tAny additional time off is permissible but requires approval based on workloads and staffing requirements.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    \n\t \n<\/div>\n
    \n\tImmediate Family Members<\/strong>\n<\/div>\n
    \n\tImmediate family members under this policy are defined as:<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
      \n
    • \n\t\tParents or legal guardians (includes spouse)<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\tBrother<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\tSister<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\tChild\/Step-child<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\tSpouse<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\tSignificant other(s)<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\tEmployee’s paternal and maternal grandparents (includes spouse)<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\tGrandchildren<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\tStep-parents (includes spouse)<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\tAunt<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\tUncle<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
      \n\t \n<\/div>\n
      \n\tEmployee Responsibility<\/strong>\n<\/div>\n
        \n
      • \n\t\tEmployees who need bereavement time should notify their supervisors as soon as possible.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
      • \n\t\tEmployees may be required to provide evidence of the immediate family member’s death, such as a copy of the death certificate or a copy of the newspaper obituary.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
      • \n\t\tEmployees who require additional time beyond that provided in this policy should discuss the situation with their supervisors. Options include using vacation time or an unpaid personal leave.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
        \n\t \n<\/div>\n
        \n\tManagement Responsibility<\/strong>\n<\/div>\n
        \n\t \n<\/div>\n
          \n
        • \n\t\tManagers should notify Human Resources when one of their employees requests bereavement days.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
        • \n\t\tDeaths of immediate family members can be extremely difficult.  Supervisors should be sensitive to the need for additional time off in some cases.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
        • \n\t\tBereavement leave requests for employees not covered in this procedure may be granted at the discretion of the department head.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
        • \n\t\tDepartment heads are responsible for ensuring that bereavement leave is documented on the appropriate corporate form for attendance reporting or time card\/sheet.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
          \n\t \n<\/div>\n
          \n\tEntitlement<\/strong>\n<\/div>\n
          \n\t \n<\/div>\n
            \n
          1. \n\t\tUpon notification of death, the Office of the President will in most cases, notify the University family of the employee’s and\/or immediate family member’s death.  No notification will be issued when the affected employee requests that no notification be issued.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
          2. \n\t\tIn the event of an employee’s death, communication will be sent from the President.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
          3. \n\t\tThe Division of Human Resources will send a card of condolence from the University.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
          4. \n\t\tOther expressions of bereavement are encouraged but may only be funded through private expenditures or donations.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Overview During times of death in the immediate family, Jackson State University understands that employees may need additional time off for various reasons pertaining to their loss.   Policy Provisions Up to three (3) days of earned medical leave with full pay may be granted. If the period exceeds three days in any one occurrence, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/staffhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/335"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/staffhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/staffhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/staffhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/staffhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/staffhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":336,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/staffhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/335\/revisions\/336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/staffhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}