WCB – Alberta (Millard Health) Collective Agreement 2025-2028

Article 36: Bereavement Leave

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   (i)  If a death occurs in the employee’s immediate family, up to five (5) working days leave may be granted, without a loss of pay. If considerable travel is involved, an additional two (2) days travel time with pay may be granted. Part-time employees will be entitled to the same benefit; meaning if their regular work schedule for that week is three (3) days, then they would be entitled to those three (3) days as paid bereavement leave.
   
   (ii) An Employee who is pregnant and whose pregnancy ends other than in a live birth shall be entitled to five (5) working days of paid Bereavement Leave. The spouse or common law partner of the person who was pregnant and any other person who would have been a parent as a result of the pregnancy, such as adoptive or surrogate parents, are also entitled to five (5) days of paid Bereavement Leave.
2. Supervisors may approve reinstatement of up to seven (7) vacation days (including two (2) days travel time) if a death occurs in the employee’s immediate family while the employee is on vacation.
3. The Employer may grant up to one (1) day off without loss of regular earnings in order for an Employee to attend the funeral of a close personal friend or a relative who is not immediate family.
4. Definition of Immediate Family
   Immediate family includes spouse, child (step), parent (step), brother (step), sister (step), partner (including common-law partner), mother-in-law, father-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, guardian, grandparent or grandchild.