Funeral Leave provides up to forty hours of paid leave to permanent employees for the death of a family member or other person. Funeral leave cannot be used for settling an estate. The decision to grant and the amount of leave is based on the relationship to the deceased and the distance and mode of transportation. The number of eligible waived credit hours is prorated according to full-time employment status. The form will not be accepted without a signature.
Enrollment is on a space-available basis.
Courses registered for prior to the start of designated enrollment do not qualify for the tuition waiver. Examples of individuals covered by the waiver include classified staff, faculty at the rank of instructor or above, professional exempt, PRA s and research associates who are 0.5 FTE or greater. Examples of individuals not covered by the waiver include graduate part-time instructors, teaching assistants, research assistants, hourly personnel and special faculty such as instructor adjunct, visiting professors, special visiting professors, visiting fellows, professor adjoint, professor adjunct, and lecturers. Time Overtime is that time a non-exempt employee is directed or permitted to work in excess of the forty hours during a standard work week. The workweek contains 168 consecutive hours.