ARTICLE 40
JURY DUTY AND WITNESS PAY

40.1:    Any permanent full-time employee who has completed his probationary period and is summoned and reports for jury duty prescribed by applicable law, shall be paid the difference between the jury duty fee which he/she receives for such service and his then-current straight time rate which he/she would have received if he/she had worked, for the working time actually lost.  In order to receive payment under this section, an employee must give the Employer prior notice that he/she has been summoned for jury duty and must furnish satisfactory evidence that the jury duty was performed on the days for which payment is claimed.

The employee is expected to report for work on any scheduled work day when the jury is not in session.  Often jury members are dismissed early in the day or week.  In such event, the employee is expected to return to his job promptly.  The employee's seniority continues to accumulate during jury duty leave.

40.2:    Employees subpoenaed to appear as a witness in a judicial or administrative proceeding arising out of the course of employment will receive the difference between his straight-time pay and the fees for appearing as a witness for the time spent in court appearances.  In the event an employee appears as a witness during regularly scheduled off-duty hours the employee will receive the difference between one and one-half (1-1/2) times his straight-time hourly pay and the fees for appearing as a witness for the time spent in court appearances.

Employees will provide the Chief or his designee with prompt notice of his call as a witness and provide evidence of witness service and of the payment received for it.

 

ARTICLE 41
BEREAVEMENT LEAVE

41.1:    Bereavement Leave .  Employees shall be entitled to funeral leave with pay up to two (2) twenty-four (24) hour duty days in the event of death in the employee's immediate family.

41.2:    Immediate Family Defined .  An employee's immediate family is defined as current spouse, child, father, mother, sister, brother, grandparent, stepmother, stepfather, current spouse's father or mother, grandchildren, stepchild or any dependent who resides permanently with the employee's family in the employee's household.

41.3:    Other Leave .  One (1) day leave of absence with pay may be granted a permanent, full-time employee immediately following the death of a current spouse's brother, sister, stepbrother, step sister or grandparent.

41.4:    Qualifications .  No bereavement benefit will be paid unless the employee attends the funeral of the deceased and it shall be the employee's responsibility to provide the necessary proof of death, relationship and attendance upon returning to work if so requested.  No reimbursement shall be authorized for any part of the bereavement leave of absence which falls on part of the employee's vacation or sick time, or during such time the employee is not scheduled to work.  Employees shall be paid at their regular straight-time rate of pay for the hours for which they qualify for bereavement leave.

 

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