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UNPAID HOLIDAYS
Time off will be provided to employees who are veterans on Veterans Day,
November 11, if the employee would normally be required to work that day.
Employees wishing to take the day of must provide their supervisor and Human
Resources with at least one month’s prior written notice of his or her intent to take
time off for Veteran’s Day and must also provide a federal certificate of release or
discharge from active duty, or similar federal document, for purposes of determining
the employee’s eligibility for the benefit.

BEREAVEMENT LEAVE
When a death occurs in an employee’s immediate family, all regular full-time
employees may take up to three (3) days off with pay to attend the funeral, make
funeral arrangements, or handle matters related to a death in their family.
Bereavement hours provide paid time off in lieu of scheduled work hours. The
Company may require verification of the need for leave. Immediate family members
are defined as a spouse, child, father, mother, brother, brother-in-law, sister, sister-in
-law, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandparents, and grandchildren. You will be
given 1 day unpaid time off for your spouse’s grandparents. Additional time off
may be requested and granted without pay or taken as PTO leave. Employees shall
be paid for the hours they were scheduled to work based on a 12, 10, or 8 hour day.

ILLINOIS: CHILD EXTENDED BEREAVEMENT ACT
A full-time employee who has been employed for at least two (2) weeks is entitled to
use a maximum of six (6) weeks of unpaid leave if the employee experiences the loss
of a child by suicide or homicide.

"Child" includes the employee's biological, adopted, or foster child, a stepchild, a
legal ward, or a child of a person standing in loco parentis.

Child extended bereavement leave may be taken in a single continuous period or
intermittently in increments of no less than four (4) hours, but leave must be
completed within one (1) year after the employee notifies the Company of the loss.
The Company may require reasonable advance notice of the employee's intention to
take leave, unless providing such notice is not reasonable and practicable. The
Company also may require reasonable documentation. Documentation may include
a death certificate, a published obituary, or written verification of death, burial, or
memorial services from a mortuary, funeral home, burial society, crematorium,
religious institution, or government agency. The Company may require that the
documentation include the cause of death.

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