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<div>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 them.</div><div><br></div><div>Catherine McCullough Les</div><div>Technical Services Supervisor</div><div>Sterling Heights Public Library</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Wednesday, August 8, 2018, 11:53:17 AM EDT, Valerie Meyerson via Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:
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<p class="ydp3a8d6f2cyiv6193515767MsoNormal">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:sans-serif;">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.
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<p class="ydp3a8d6f2cyiv6193515767MsoNormal">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? </p>
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<p class="ydp3a8d6f2cyiv6193515767MsoNormal">Thank you - </p>
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<p class="ydp3a8d6f2cyiv6193515767MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Sans sans-serif;">Valerie Meyerson, Library Director</span></p>
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