Effective on the day of signing of this Agreement, when a death occurs in the immediate family of a member of the teaching staff, the full salary of the teacher shall be paid during the normal period of absence as set out in the following chart showing the allowable absences according to the relationship to the deceased:
1) Spouse or common-law spouse – 5 days
2) Child or children – 5 days
3) Immediate family member living in the household residence – 5 days
4) Parent or parent-in-law, brother or sister, grandchild, son-in-law, daughter-in-law – 5 days
5) Grandparent– 3 days
6) Brother-in-law or sister-in-law – 2 days
7) Aunt or uncle, niece or nephew – 1 day
8) Spouse’s grandparent, aunt or uncle – 1 day
With regard to paragraphs 1 to 8 of Article 35.01, when travel is necessary in order to participate in bereavement ceremonies and the travel distance exceeds 600 kilometres from the employee’s residence, the employee shall be allowed an extended absence of 2 additional days.
The addition of point 8 to this article will take effect on the date of signing.