Description of Benefits

For purposes of the Bereavement Pay Benefits set out below, the following definitions apply.

“Child or Grandchild” means a natural or legally adopted child or grandchild of the Member, or a stepchild or other child. The child does not have to depend upon the member for support or to live with the member.

“Parent or Grandparent” means a natural or legally adoptive parent or grandparent of the Member and “Parent or Grandparent in Law” shall mean the parent or grandparent of a Member’s spouse.

“Sibling” shall mean a natural or legally adopted brother or sister, stepbrother, stepsister, or other person sharing a common parent with a Member, and “Sibling-in-Law” shall mean a sibling of a spouse, including daughter-in-law and son-in-law

“Spouse” means a husband or wife by virtue of a religious or civil marriage ceremony, except that, a person living with a Member in a common-law relationship will be deemed to be the Member’s spouse, if such person is publicly represented as the Member’s spouse.

Bereavement Pay Benefits to a maximum of eight (8) hours per day at the member’s regular rate of pay for straight time shall be paid to any Member for up to three days of lost work in relation to the Member’s attendance at a funeral or memorial service upon death of a Child, Grandchild, Parent, Grandparent, Sibling or Spouse, as defined above.

Bereavement Pay Benefits shall only be paid to Members who:

• were employed by a contributing employer to the Trust Fund at the time of the funeral or memorial service and were not reimbursed by their employer for lost wages;
• complete a Declaration form and
• obtain a letter from the employer to indicate that the Member was absent from work for the days in question and was not reimbursed by the employer for the time lost from work due to bereavement.