(a) All persons who are regularly employed by the state, and who are subject to the provisions of the state Merit System, and all legislative personnel, officers, and employees, including, but not limited to, Legislative Reference Service personnel, whether subject to the state Merit System or not, may be granted bereavement leave with pay for the death of a person related by blood, adoption, or marriage, or as otherwise provided for by the Alabama State Personnel Board. Bereavement leave may be granted only to an employee who does not have accrued sick leave available for such use.
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 36-26-36.3

  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) For any one occurrence, the bereavement leave shall not exceed three days.
(c) Any bereavement leave granted to an employee must be reimbursed to the state in the form of leave days, including sick leave, annual leave, and personal leave, within one calendar year of the use of the bereavement leave.
(d) In the event an employee leaves state service before repaying any bereavement leave used, he or she shall have the leave deducted from his or her final pay check.
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