DEFINITION OF TERMS
Granted leaves that give the employee time to grieve for the death of an immediate family member as well as take care of matters related to the bereavement.
An employee may be granted up to five (5) days bereavement leave per year to handle matters related to death and grieving.
Immediate Family – Defined under any of the circumstances of an employee’s civil status as enumerated below:
For Single employees – biological and/or legally adopted parents, full and/or half-blood siblings, legitimate and/or illegitimate children (including legally adopted children) and grandparents.
For Married employees – legal spouse, legitimate and/or illegitimate children (including legally adopted children), biological and/or legally adopted parents, full and/or half-blood siblings, grandparents and parent in law.
CONDITION
Only REGULAR EMPLOYEES are eligible for Bereavement Leave requests.
Probationary Employees who will not report for work may be considered as Leave without Pay and shall not affect their attendance status.
The Employee may utilize their Bereavement Leaves within 40 days upon death of the family member and may be used on separate days within the 40 day period. Remaining leave credits will be forfeited once the 40-day period is over.
The employee must present a proof of the death of the immediate family member to the Immediate Supervisor within a reasonable time or within five (5) working days upon return to work. If the employee was not able to present a copy of the death certificate within the allotted timeframe, a corrective action may be proceeded against the employee or that the time-off may be deducted from the his/her VL credits, if applicable, and if the circumstances so require.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Death Certificate of the deceased member
Birth Certificate of the employee
Birth Certificate of his/her parent, related to the deceased.
Birth Certificate of Paternal or Maternal Grandparent related to the deceased
Marriage Certificate (if applicable)
Birth Certificate of Spouse (if applicable)
Birth Certificate of Sibling (if applicable)
Acquire C&B Team may request additional requirements to satisfactory proof of the relationship of the employee to the deceased family member.
PROCESS
Employee, Supervisor, Manager or EXBP may send an email to Total Rewards at hrtotal.rewards@ringcentral.com with scanned copies of the required documents
Total Rewards forward the request to Acquire C&B Team requesting for activation of leave
Acquire C&B Team credits the 5-day leave to the Employee’s MyPay account
Employee check her/his MyPay and may apply for a leave