Certification The Company may require certification from the proper Civil Air Patrol authority to verify your eligibility for the requested leave. Restoration Upon returning from Civil Air Patrol leave, you will be restored to the position you held when the leave began or to a position with equivalent seniority status, benefits, pay, and other terms and conditions of employment. Benefits Taking Civil Air Patrol leave under this policy will not result in the loss of any benefits accrued before the date on which leave began. Retaliation The Company will not retaliate or discriminate against employees who request or take leave in accordance with this policy. Bereavement Leave CREA, LLC will provide eligible employees with paid bereavement leave in accordance with the Illinois Family Bereavement Leave Act. Eligibility To be eligible for bereavement leave, you must: Have been employed with the Company for at least 12 months; Have worked for the Company for at least 1,250 hours (including paid time off) during the 12-month period immediately preceding the leave; and Be employed at a worksite that has at least 50 employees within 75 miles. Reasons for Leave You may use bereavement leave for the following reasons: For absences from work due to a miscarriage, an unsuccessful round of intrauterine insemination or of an assisted reproductive technology procedure, a failed adoption match or an adoption that is not finalized because it is contested by another party, a failed surrogacy agreement, a diagnosis that negatively impacts pregnancy or fertility, or a stillbirth. For the purposes of this policy: Family member means your child, stepchild, spouse, domestic partner, sibling, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, or stepparent. Child means your son or daughter who is a biological, adopted, or foster child; a stepchild; a legal ward; or a child to whom you are standing in loco parentis. To attend the funeral (or alternative service) of a family member. To make arrangements due to the death of a family member. To grieve the death of a family member. Domestic partner means: (1) a person recognized as your domestic partner under any domestic partnership or civil union law of a state or political subdivision of a state; or (2) an unmarried adult person with whom you are in a committed, personal relationship, who is not a domestic partner as described in sentence (1) or in such a relationship with any other person, and who you have designated as your domestic partner to the Company.
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