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Committee advances bill standardizing bereavement leave for state employees; leave would draw from catastrophic leave bank
Summary
Senate Bill 241 would add a defined bereavement leave for state employees — 40 hours under the amendment presented — and allow that leave to be paid from the catastrophic leave bank. Committee members questioned fiscal impact and eligibility; sponsors said the leave would use donated hours already in the catastrophic bank.
Sen. Scott (District 12) presented Senate Bill 241 to the Senate State Agencies & Governmental Affairs Committee, describing the measure as an amendment to the state's uniform attendance policy to ensure public employees receive defined bereavement leave following the death of an immediate family member or a child. "Losing a loved one, especially a child, is an unimaginable hardship, and no employee should have to choose between grieving or keeping their job," Scott said, describing her work with the…
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