Bereavement Leave

An employee may be excused without charge for a period of 4 days when a death occurs among members of the employee’s immediate family, as provided in the applicable Leave Regulations. When the death in an employee’s immediate family occurs while the employee is on annual leave or sick leave such time as is excusable for death in the family shall not be charged annual leave or sick leave.

Immediate family shall be defined as spouse; domestic partner; natural, foster, or step parent; grand child; mother-in-law; father-in-law; natural, foster, or step brother; natural, foster, or step sister, natural, foster, or step child or any relative residing in the same household.

Proof of bereavement shall be provided upon request made by the department chair, supervisor, or the Office of Human Resources. Common proof of bereavement include death certificate, funeral or wake notice, or obituary. Instructional staff members shall notify their department chair or supervisor of the need for the leave as soon as possible.

• To request bereavement leave, complete the application for leave for special purposes.

Leaves for Special Purposes

Special leaves may be granted to members of full-time instructional staff, and staff in the ECP series for personal emergencies of not more than ten working days with pay at the discretion of the President. This leave is in accord with Section 13.3 a of the CUNY Bylaws.

To request a leave for personal emergencies, complete an application for special leave for special purposes.

Leaves for Special Purposes

Special leaves may be granted to members of the Classified Managerial staff for personal emergencies of not more than ten working days with pay at the discretion of the President. This leave is in accord with Section 13.3 a of the CUNY Bylaws.

• To request a leave for personal emergencies, complete an application for special leave for special purposes.

Effective August 25, 2006, adjunct classroom teachers, teachers on multiple position assignments employed for a course, non-teaching adjuncts including full-time instructional staff on non-teaching multiple position assignments and adjunct College Laboratory Technicians including full-time instructional staff in adjunct college laboratory multiple position assignments may be excused for personal illness or personal emergencies including religious observance, death in the immediate family or similar personal needs which cannot be postponed for a period of 1/15 of the total number of clock hours in the particular session or semester. Request for such leave, where possible, must be made in advance, in writing. If it is not possible to make such a request in advance, the department chairperson or supervisor should be informed as soon as possible. The reason provided must be satisfactory to the chairperson or supervisor. Effective August 25, 2016, request in advance is not expected in cases of a death in the immediate family, as defined in Article 14.10, but employees covered by this section are expected to give advance notice to their department chair or supervisor of the need for the leave.