Eligibility
Full-time and part-time employees are entitled to paid bereavement leave for the death of an immediate or non-immediate family member. The Company reserves the right to require documentation of the need for bereavement leave. See Bereavement Leave in the EssilorLuxottica Employee Guide for more details.
Policy and Definitions
Immediate Family Member: An employee may request up to three (3) consecutive days of time off with pay; this includes the employee’s spouse or domestic partner, children, parents, grandparents, grandchildren, and the employee’s siblings, whether the relationship is established by blood or marriage (e.g. in-law, step relationships).
Non-Immediate Family Member: An employee may request up to one (1) day of time off with pay; this includes the employee’s aunt, uncle, cousin, niece, or nephew, whether the relationship is established by blood or marriage (e.g., in-law, step relationships) and includes second or third relatives and “great” relatives.
Other Close Relationship: If a close relationship exists that is not that of an immediate family member or non-immediate family member, an employee may request PTO or vacation in order to attend a funeral, memorial service, wake, etc. Approval of such requests is at the discretion of the employee’s manager.
Entering and Tracking Bereavement Pay
Managers must enter bereavement pay hours in into timekeeping system for their employees. Bereavement pay hours are paid at straight time.
- Full-time employees: 8 hours pay for each day off
- Part-time employees: 4 hours pay for each day off