11.3.3.2 Death of an Immediate Family Member

A participant may be granted up to three working days of good cause if there is a death of an immediate family member. FEPs may grant good cause for up to seven working days if travel for funeral services is required or to accommodate cultural tradition.

Immediate family is defined as the participant’s:

Spouse;

Non-marital co-parents;

Parents, step-parents, and foster parents;

Children, step-children, and foster children;

Grandparents;

Grandchildren;

Siblings and their spouses;

Aunts or uncles;

Sons-in-law and daughters-in-law;

Cousins;

Nieces and nephews of the participant or their spouse or non-marital co-parent; and

Other relatives of the participant or their spouse or non-marital co-parent if these other relatives reside in the same household as the participant.