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The Employer and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) agree to amend, effective the date of signing of this memorandum, the terms and conditions of employment applicable to the Operational Services bargaining unit. The amended provisions are attached to this Memorandum of Agreement and are in respect of the following:
Any changes in numbering of provisions of the terms and conditions will be by mutual consent of the parties.
Signed in Ottawa on December 21, 2010
Guy Lauzé
Liam McCarthy
For the purpose of this article, family is defined as spouse (or common law partner resident with the employee), children (including step-children or children of legal or common law partner), foster children, parents (including step parents or foster parents), or any relative permanently residing in the employee's household or with whom the employee permanently resides.
The total leave with pay which may be granted under this article shall not exceed:
Subject to clause 42.02, the Employer shall grant leave with pay under the following circumstances:
When a member of the employee's family dies, an employee shall be entitled to a bereavement period of seven (7) consecutive calendar days. Such bereavement period, as determined by the employee, must include the day of the memorial commemorating the deceased, or must begin within two (2) days following the death. During such period, the employee shall be paid for those days which are not regularly scheduled days of rest for the employee. In addition, the employee may be granted up to three (3) days' leave with pay for the purpose of travel related to the death.
An employee is entitled to one (1) day's bereavement leave with pay for a purpose related to the death of his or her son in law, daughter in law, brother in law or sister in law.
If, during a period of sick leave, vacation leave or compensatory leave, an employee is bereaved in circumstances under which he or she would have been eligible for bereavement leave with pay under clauses 46.01 and 46.02, the employee shall be granted bereavement leave with pay and his or her paid leave credits shall be restored to the extent of any concurrent bereavement leave with pay granted.
It is recognized by the parties that circumstances which call for leave in respect of bereavement are based on individual circumstances. On request, the deputy head of a department may, after considering the particular circumstances involved, grant leave with pay for a period greater than and/or in a manner different than that provided for in clauses 46.01 and 46.02.