Bereavement Leave must be provided in the event of the death of the spouse, a child, a grandchild, the mother or father, a brother or sister, a grandparent or a mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law or brother-in-law, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, of the employee.
- Employee must have been employed with the same employer for a continuous period of at least 30 days.
- Employee is entitled to 3 days Bereavement Leave consisting of 1 day paid leave and 2 days unpaid leave.
- If an employee has been employed for less than 30 days, then the employee is entitled to two days of unpaid leave.
- An employer shall not dismiss an employee or give a notice of dismissal to an employee because he/she is off on Bereavement Leave.