A. Department heads may authorize the use of up to five days of earned sick leave to an employee attending or making arrangements for the funeral of an “immediate family” member.

B. Authorization shall be in conformance with the provisions of SCC 3.09.020. Where insufficient sick leave is available to the employee for this purpose, compensatory leave and/or vacation leave may be granted. Where sufficient leave of this nature is unavailable, leave without pay may be granted in accordance with the provisions of SCC 3.09.040.

C. For the purposes of this section, “immediate family” shall mean the employee’s spouse, child, parent, sister, brother, mother-in-law, father-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, or any other person living in the employee’s household or primarily supported by the employee.