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409.5 Licensed Employee Bereavement Leave

Code No. 409.5

LICENSED EMPLOYEE BEREAVEMENT LEAVE

In the event of a death of a member of a licensed employee’s immediate family, bereavement leave may be granted.  Bereavement leave may be granted to a licensed employee for no more than five consecutive days with ‘day’ being defined as one work day regardless of full-time or part-time status of the employee, per occurrence, for the death of a member of the immediate family. The immediate family includes child, spouse, parent, brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, or grandparent of the employee.

No more than two days of bereavement leave will be granted for the death of a close friend or other relative not listed above.

It is within the discretion of the superintendent to determine the number of bereavement leave days to be granted.

Legal Reference: 

Iowa Code 20; 279.8

Approved   10-11-93       Reviewed  11-21-16      Revised 9-16-2019