Regular employees experiencing a death in their immediate family (spouse, employee's or spouse's children, parents, siblings, grandchildren and grandparents) are eligible for time off with pay to attend the funeral. In general time off with pay will be allowed for the day of the death through the day of the funeral. As the university realizes the amount of time off that may be needed varies greatly in individual cases, exceptions to this policy may be granted by the Director of Human Resources upon written request by the employee.