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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Yes – family is family – but the policy has to state something, which I am trying to do in a fair and just manner and to be inclusive.
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</span>This policy shall apply whether the relationship is natural, adoptive, step, foster or marital. - w<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">hich is a nice way to clean it up. One other person includes someone who
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Thanks for all the great comments – I’m sure my board will appreciate all the insight.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Catherine Les [mailto:cathymcles@yahoo.com]
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<b>To:</b> michlib-l@mcls.org; Valerie Meyerson <vmeyerson@petoskeylibrary.org><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Just speaking personally, why are they worried about "step?" Family is family, a step-brother is a brother, a step-mother is a mother - I would hope your policy would include
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<p class="ydp3a8d6f2cyiv6193515767msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">We are updating our Personnel Policies and are reviewing our Funeral Leave practices. This is currently what our policy states:
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<p class="ydp3a8d6f2cyiv6193515767msolistparagraph"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">All employees shall be granted a 3-day funeral leave with pay for in state funerals and 5 day funeral leave with pay for out of
state funerals, upon the death of an immediate family member (mother/father, mother & father-in-law, spouse, child, sibling, brother & sister-in-law, aunt or uncle). Additional time may be granted as personal leave without pay, or unused vacation time or personal
leave may be granted. </span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="ydp3a8d6f2cyiv6193515767msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">My Board is wondering how we would handle step relatives. Seems understandable to want to include step-parents and siblings. Does anyone
else out there offer funeral leave for steps? If so, would you please share your wording and or other practices?
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