S-4.2, r. 5.1 - Regulation respecting certain terms of employment applicable to officers of agencies and health and social services institutions

Section 6.0.18 Disposition versions

2024-04-03

6.0.18. In the case of the death of a family member of the officer or of the officer’s spouse, the officer is entitled, as the case may be, to

(1)  5 days of paid leave in the event of the death of the officer’s spouse, child or the child of the officer’s spouse;

(2)  3 days of paid leave in the event of the death of the officer’s father, mother, brother, sister, father-in-law or mother-in-law, the mother or father of the officer’s spouse, or the daughter-in-law, son-in-law or grandchild of the officer;

(3)  1 day of paid leave in the event of the death of the officer’s sister-in-law, brother-in-law or grandparent.

Upon agreement with the employer, the officer is entitled to a supplementary week of unpaid leave in addition to one of the leaves provided for in the first paragraph.

The officer is entitled to a supplementary day of paid leave for the purposes of travel if the location of the funeral is 240 km or more from the officer’s place of residence.

The days of leave must correspond to working days and may be taken as the officer chooses between the date of the death and the date of the funeral. The officer may, however, use one of the days of paid leave to attend the burial or cremation, even if one of those events does not take place between the date of the death and the date of the funeral.

An officer who wishes to take a leave provided for in the first paragraph must, when notifying the employer and at the employer’s request, provide proof of the death of the family member in question.

In the event of any other death that affects the officer, the employer may not refuse, without valid reason, to grant the officer an appropriate leave without pay.

As concerns the days of paid leave, the officer receives a remuneration equivalent to that which the officer would have received had the officer been at work.

For the purposes of this section, the definition of “spouse” corresponds to the definition provided for in section 76.1.

M.O. 2024-007, s. 6.