POLICY 06:07:10

BEREAVEMENT LEAVE

This policy is consistent with Tennessee Board of Regents Policy No. 5:01:01:09

Purpose

It is the policy of the Tennessee Board of Regents and Pellissippi State Community College to provide all regular, full-time and part-time employees time off without loss of pay due to the death of an immediate family member as defined below, consistent with T.C.A. § 8-50-113.

Definitions

Immediate family – shall be deemed to include 1) spouse; 2) child, step-child; 3) parent, step parent, foster parent, parent-in-law; 4) sibling(s); 5) grandparents and grandchildren and: 6) other
members of the family who reside within the home.

Policy

1. Bereavement Leave
   1. An employee who is absent during their regularly scheduled work week due to the
      death of an immediate family member shall receive payment for reasonable and
      customary days absent, such days of payment not to exceed three (3) regularly
      scheduled work days. The TBR and PSCC Sick Leave Policies references the use
      of sick leave in the event of death of other family members not covered under the
      definition of immediate family above.
      1. In addition to the three (3) regularly scheduled work days, sick leave not
         to exceed two (2) days may be granted at the discretion of the appropriate
         approving authority in the instance of death of one of the immediate
         family members listed. At the discretion of the approving authority, the
         days off provided under this policy do not have to be consecutive.
   2. Regular part-time employees, including academic personnel scheduled to carry
      less than a full teaching load or its equivalent, regardless of probationary status,
      shall be eligible to receive bereavement leave on a prorated basis equal to the
      percentage of their employment to full-time employment.

Sources: TBR Policy 5:01:01:09; T.C.A. § 49-8-203; T.C.A. § 8-50-113

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Adopted by TBR September 16, 1988
Revised by TBR June 30, 1989
Revised by TBR September 25, 1995
Revised by TBR March 7, 1997
Revised by TBR December 7, 2007 (Approved by Finance and Administration, January 23, 2008)
Revised by TBR September 20, 2013
Reviewed/Recommended: President’s Council, November 27, 2023
Approved: President L. Anthony Wise, Jr., November 27, 2023