New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 1 - GENERAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 7 - WASTEWATER AND WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES
Part 7 - ABSENCE AND LEAVE
Section 1.7.7.20 - BEREAVEMENT LEAVE

Universal Citation: 1 NM Admin Code 1.7.7.20

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A. Agencies may grant bereavement leave to employees who have experienced the death of a relation by blood or marriage within the third degree or a person residing in the employee's household.

B. Bereavement leave is a form of administrative leave that an agency may grant to employees in accordance with Subsection A of 1.7.7.14 NMAC. The agency may authorize bereavement leave for up to five consecutive workdays when it is in the best interests of the agency to do so. Bereavement leave in excess of five consecutive workdays must have the prior written approval of the director.

C. An agency may supplement bereavement leave by authorizing an employee to use accrued annual or sick leave or compensatory time to attend the funeral of a relation by blood or marriage within the third degree or a person residing in the employee's household.

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