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ARTICLE 12 LEAVES OF ABSENCE <br />12.01 Funeral Leave <br />A. After a death occurs within the employee's family, the employee shall be granted funeral leave, without <br />loss of pay, benefits, holidays or vacation time, in accordance with the following schedule: (Calendar days <br />off taken must be consecutive and include the day of the funeral.) <br />1. Spouse, son, daughter, stepchildren, mother, father, stepparents, mother-in-law, father-in-law - <br />10 days <br />2. Brother, sister, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparents, grandparents -in-law, grand- <br />son/daughter, brother or sister-in-law - 5 days <br />B. Funeral leave may be extended at the discretion of the Chief of Fire, based on individual circumstances. <br />Such extra time will be utilized out of the employee's paid leave accounts, including holiday, compensatory <br />time, sick leave and vacation. <br />12.02 Emergency Leave <br />In the case of sudden or serious illness or emergency in the employee's immediate family which renders <br />the employee physically unable to report to work, after exhausting every effort to do so due to extraordinary <br />circumstances, and upon securing approval from the Chief of Fire or the designated representative, the <br />employee may be granted sufficient time off out of his paid time accounts including holiday, vacation, <br />compensatory time and sick time, to aid the family and to complete any urgent business concerning the <br />emergency. Upon completion of said emergency, the employee shall immediately return to duty. Final au- <br />thorization for the absence, and time granted from those accounts, is conditioned upon the employee provid- <br />ing the City with acceptable verification of such absence. In the event an employee is denied emergency <br />leave, said employee shall have the right to appeal that decision directly to the Chief of Fire. <br />12.03 Jury Duty and Court Leave <br />A. An employee called for jury duty or subpoenaed as a witness shall be granted a leave of absence <br />for the period of jury or witness service and will be compensated pursuant to Article 7, Section <br />7.03, for the work absences necessarily caused by the jury duty or witness duty. To be eligible for <br />such pay, an employee must present verification of the call in injury duty or witness duty. <br />B. An employee called for jury duty shall be granted a leave of absence for the period of jury service <br />beginning twelve (12) hours prior to the starting time of the notice to report. Upon completion of <br />the jury duty, the employee will report to their next regularly scheduled tour of duty. <br />12.04 Military Leave <br />An employee shall be granted a leave of absence for military duty in accordance with state and federal law, <br />and municipal ordinances. <br />12.05 Leaves of Absence Without Pay <br />Leaves of absence without pay or other fringe benefits may be granted in accordance with Civil Service <br />Rules and Regulations. <br />6 <br />