Employee Wellness
TOWN OF CARY Benefits Handbook Page 43
BEREAVEMENT LEAVE
A full-time, regular employee will receive up to forty (40) hours of paid Bereavement
Leave (BVL) to use for the loss of an immediate family member; BVL is prorated for
part-time employees.
An employee should request to use BVL in advance and as soon as feasible in accordance
with departmental procedures.
An employee needing to take more than the available amount may request to use sick leave,
vacation leave, or other available paid leave.
More information can be found in the Bereavement Leave Guidelines.
SHARED LEAVE
Employees, who have exhausted all available accrued leave and continue to be required
to care for themselves or an eligible immediate family member due to a serious medical
condition, may request shared leave. The lifetime maximum shared leave that a recipient
may receive, and use is 240 hours.
SHORT TERM DISABILITY BENEFIT
If an employee is unable to work due to a non work-related accident or illness and exhausts
all available sick leave, Cary's self-insured Short Term Disability Policy pays one half of the
employee's normally scheduled hours up to a maximum of 26 weeks in accordance with the
Short Term Disability Insurance – Policy Statement 39
If light duty is available within an employee's restrictions and is not accepted, the employee
is no longer eligible for Short Term Disability.
OTHER LEAVE
Other leave that may be available includes:
• Educational Leave
• Jury Duty/Civil Leave
• Leave without Pay
• Military Leave for Active Duty and Training
WORKERS COMP
When an eligible employee is injured on the job and meets the 7 day waiting period,
the eligible employee receives 66
2
/
3
of pay when out of work. An eligible employee must
supplement this pay with paid FML if available and thereafter may supplement workers
comp pay with other accrued vacation, sick and paid leaves.
If light duty is available, the employee must accept light duty or use accrued leave. Leave
options may be limited. Contact Total Employee Health for more information.
Leave
NEWSFLASH
If you are injured on
the job, call the PMA
Care 24 Nurse Triage
Service 1-855-302-1885.
HELPFUL INFO
Bereavement Leave
Guidelines
Personnel Ordinance
Shared Leave Procedure
Shared Leave
Request form
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BENEFITS
For questions,
contact
Human Resources at
919-469-4070 or
TotalEmployeeHealth@
carync.gov
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