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12 <br /> <br />Section 16. Funeral Leave <br /> <br />In the event of death in the immediate family of an employee who has one (1) or more years of <br />continuous service with the City, the employee shall, upon request to the supervisor, be granted <br />such time off with pay as is necessary to make arrangements for the funeral and attend same, <br />not to exceed three (3) workdays; additional funeral leave may be granted, not to exceed a total <br />of five (5) calendar days when such death and/or funeral is outside of the nine (9) Bay Area <br />counties. This provision does not apply if the death and/or funeral occur during the employee's <br />paid vacation, or while the employee is on leave of absence, layoff, sick leave, or any other leave <br />status. <br /> <br />Funeral leave applies only in instances in which the employee attends the funeral or is required <br />to make funeral arrangements but is not applicable for other purposes such as settling the estate <br />of the deceased. It is understood, however, that leave, as provided in the preceding paragraph, <br />may be granted to commence prior to the decease of a member of the employee's immediate <br />family. Such paid absence shall be charged to bereavement leave, with full salary payment <br />permitted upon the favorable recommendation of the Police Chief and Human Resources <br />Manager and upon the approval of the City Manager. <br /> <br />The immediate family of an employee includes spouse, child, parent, sister, brother, grandchild, <br />grandparent, parent-in-law, or stepparent where there is a child-rearing relationship. <br /> <br />The foregoing funeral leave provisions do not apply to hourly or part-time employees. <br /> <br />Section 17. Military Leave <br /> <br />Military leave shall be granted in accordance with the provision of the California State Law. An <br />employee entitled to, and taking, military leave shall provide, through appropriate chain of <br />command, the Police Chief with orders calling him/her to active military duty. The Police Chief, <br />within the limits of military necessity and regulations, may determine when such leave shall be <br />taken. Upon returning from military leave, an employee shall provide, when applicable, copies of <br />military release papers. <br /> <br />Section 18. Catastrophic Illness Leave <br /> <br />The objective of this section is to complement the City's wellness program for employees by <br />improving health benefits in instances of catastrophic illness, and thereby aid employees to do <br />better work. <br /> <br />An employee holding a full-time position with permanent status who has completed two (2) full <br />years of continuous service shall be eligible for the catastrophic illness leave benefit upon <br />receiving a prior favorable recommendation therefore from the Police Chief and only upon the <br />specific approval of the City Manager. To be eligible for leave under this section, such employee <br />must be unable to work at the position or any less demanding position to which assigned by the <br />Police Chief, and must have exhausted all accumulated sick leave, vacation, holiday, overtime <br />and all other accumulated leave or pay benefits. <br /> <br />The same principles concerning the administration of the sick leave benefits shall be used for this <br />benefit where applicable. <br /> <br />80