FuneralLeave

Definition:
If an immediate relative dies as a result of an injury, disease, or wounds incurred while serving as a member of the Armed Forces in a combat zone, an employee may be granted up to 3 days of funeral leave to make arrangements for, or attend the funeral services of that family member. This is a leave category separate from an employee's personal leave balances.

Leave for General Bereavement Purposes:

Full time employees may use up to 40 hours of sick leave per leave year for bereavement (funeral) purposes. Bereavement purposes may include travel to and from a funeral, attending a funeral and/or making arrangements for a funeral. An additional 64 hours may be used if the employee maintains a leave balance of at least 80 hours.

Legal Basis:
5 USC 6326

OPM Regulation:
5 CFR Part 630.801- .804

5 CFR 630.401

Additional Definitions:
Combat Zone: Those areas of combat as determined by the President in accordance with Internal Revenue Code 112.

Family Member or Immediate Relative:

As defined for these purposes, family member or immediate relative includes:

spouse and parents thereof;
children including adopted children, and spouses thereof;
brothers and sisters, and spouses thereof;
parents; and
individual related by blood or affinity whose close association is the equivalent of a family relationship.