4.9 Bereavement Leave
4.9.1 Eligibility
MIT's bereavement leave policy is designed to provide employees with paid
time away from work to grieve and to handle matters related to a death
in their family. All full-time and part-time employees, including Administrative
Staff, Support Staff and Sponsored Research Staff, are eligible for bereavement
leave. Temporary and term employees are also eligible for paid bereavement
leave but MITemps and student employees are not. (See
Section
2.1.2 for definition of temporary, term and MITemps employees.) Bereavement
benefits for unionized employees are determined by their collective bargaining
agreements.
4.9.2 Length
of Bereavement Leave
In the event of a death in an employee's family, after discussion with
his or her supervisor, the employee may be granted up to five days of
paid leave for bereavement. In unusual circumstances, additional time
(paid or unpaid) may be granted at the discretion of the supervisor with
the advice of the Human Resource Officer.
A day of bereavement leave is based on the standard workday
the employee would have worked on the day(s) taken for bereavement. For
example, a part-time person who usually works 4 hours on a day when he
or she is granted bereavement leave would be paid for 4 hours, and a person
who usually works 8 hours on such a day would be paid for 8 hours.
4.9.3 Definition
of Family
For the purposes of this policy, family includes one's immediate or extended
family as well as family of domestic partners, step-families, and other
family relationships.
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