[Don Rico's Italian Restaurant]

RESTAURANT FUNERAL LEAVE

POLICY

Prepared by

[Lisa A. McNamara]

[lisa@donricos.com]

Updated on

June 15, 2022

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The inevitability of death can bring distress and unhappiness for different individuals. Hence, the company
recognizes the need for its workers and representatives to have enough time to grieve and deal with the loss of a
family member or relative. The purpose of this Restaurant Funeral Leave Policy (“Policy”) is to extend an
appropriate timeframe for the healing of its employees during these unfortunate circumstances while keeping up
with their respective work in the restaurant.

Scope and Limitations

This Policy applies to and covers all restaurant employees, stationed in all levels and grades, working with the
company for more than one month. Furthermore, the coverage of this Policy is comprised of the following
individuals which are related to the employee:
Grandparents; Grandchild or Godchild
Son or Daughter; Spouse or Partner
Father or Mother-in-law; Mother, Father
Sister or Brother;
Guardian
Other Relatives
This Policy does not cover the demise of friends, colleagues, acquaintances, or any other relationship not
recognized and categorized as familial in nature.

Guidelines
REQUEST FOR LEAVE TIME

If this unfortunate situation occurs, the employee shall immediately notify their direct head or supervisor of
the department through email and file the funeral leave request form from Human Resources. The Human
Resources department shall provide an update on the request three (3) to four (4) hours after the form's
receipt.

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PAID DAYS OFF

The employee shall be entitled to a maximum of three (3) paid days off to grieve the family member's death
and settle pending affairs or concerns if there are any. The paid days off will be credited together with the
salary of the employee. If the employee has to stay beyond the allotted time, the days will be considered
absences, but it will not harm the employee's record.
FOREIGN WORKERS

For foreign workers, the company shall provide five (5) paid days off to allow time for traveling back to their
respective countries. The paid days off shall be credited to the next paycheck of the worker.
IMPROPER UTILIZATION OF THE POLICY

The utilization of this Policy for any reason other than its intended purpose shall be a violation on the part of
the employee. The worker shall face sanctions such as getting disciplinary action and extra work.
REQUIREMENT OR EVIDENCE

The company requires the employee to submit any form of evidence to verify this Policy's utilization two (2)
to three (3) weeks after the employee’s return to work. This process is necessary to ensure that the
employee does not use the Policy for other activities not related to its intended purpose.
RETURN TO WORK

The employee shall be responsible for informing the direct head or supervisor about changes in the return to
date. And upon returning to the workplace, the employee shall sign the return to work form from the Human
Resources department for confirmation.

NEWLY EMPLOYED WORKERS

The newly hired employees working for less than a month in the company shall not be entitled to this Policy.
However, they may apply for the funeral leave benefit but without pay.

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