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FUNERAL LEAVE [2 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Employment Benefits
  • Collective Agreements and Bargaining
  • Working Practices and Conditions
DEF

A provision in contracts which provides for leave with pay for the individual employee for a stipulated period of time.

OBS

Among the most frequent paid leave provisions are those which involve vacations, holidays, jury duty, funeral, and sick leave.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Avantages sociaux
  • Conventions collectives et négociations
  • Régimes et conditions de travail
DEF

Congé autorisé que prend un employé pour une période de temps déterminée pendant laquelle il reçoit sa rémunération habituelle.

OBS

Le terme «solde» s'applique d'abord aux militaires, puis, par extension, à certains fonctionnaires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Beneficios sociales
  • Convenios colectivos y negociaciones
  • Prácticas y condiciones de trabajo
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Record 2 2014-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Employment Benefits
  • Collective Agreements and Bargaining
  • Working Practices and Conditions
CONT

Funeral leave pay. Pay to a worker, usually for a limited period of three or four days, for time lost because of the death and funeral of a member of the worker's immediate family.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Avantages sociaux
  • Conventions collectives et négociations
  • Régimes et conditions de travail
DEF

Congé rémunéré ou non payé accordé à un salarié à l'occasion du décès d'un membre de sa famille.

OBS

La durée du congé varie généralement selon le degré de parenté du défunt avec le salarié et selon la longueur du déplacement à parcourir pour les funérailles.

Spanish

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