Expanded Definition of the Family
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Local 11 & State of Ohio: AFSCME successfully negotiated for an expanded definition of "family" for sick leave. Sick leave is granted to employees who are unable to work because of illness or injury of the employee or a member of his/her immediate family living in the employee's household or because of medical appointments or other ongoing treatment. The definition of "Immediate family" is: spouse, significant other ("significant other" as used in this Agreement, is defined to mean one who stands in place of a spouse, and who resides with the employee), child, stepchild, grandchild, parents, step-parents, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparents, great grandparents, brother, sister, step-sibling , brother-in-law, sister-in-law or legal guardian or other person who stands in the place of a parent. Sick leave may be granted to care for an employee's child/parent(s) regardless of whether or not the child/parent(s) is currently living in the same household, but in cases in which both parents are employed by the State, only one parent may be granted sick leave to care for a child at home on the same day.
Public Employees, Local One, and the Berkeley Unified School District: Local One of the Public Employees union bargained with the Berkeley, California School District to define immediate family as: mother, father, grandmother, or grandfather of the employee or the spouse of the employee; the spouse, domestic partner, son or daughter of the domestic partner, the son, son-in-law, daughter, daughter-in-law, brother or sister of the employee; or any relative living in the immediate household of the employee.
Service Employees International Union Local 616 and Alameda County, California: SEIU Local 616 negotiated health and dental benefits for dependents and domestic partners. All categories that include families now include domestic partners such as sick time, family leave and bereavement leave.
