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14.8 Bereavement Leave In the event of a death in the immediate family, employees may take up to five (5) days of paid bereavement leave per event. Additionally, employees may utilize other paid leaves, including paid sick leave,to extend bereavement leave, subject to approval of the Department. Sick Leave utilized for bereavement leave shall be tracked separately from Family Sick Leave as provided in 14.1. These hours will not count towards the 40-hour threshold outlined in the Attendance Management Program. In this context only, immediate family shall be defined as: spouse, domestic partner, child, foster child who resided with the employee at the time of his/her death, stepchild, mother, father, stepmother, stepfather, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother, stepbrother, sister, stepsister,brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandmother, grandfather, spouse's grandmother, spouse's grandfather, son-in-law, daughter-in-law or grandchildren. Section 15. Health and Welfare 15.1 Hospital and Medical Care-Active Employees A. Contributions The City will continue to contribute a monthly amount for each employee no greater than the family rate of the lowest cost HMO. Effective July 1, 2016, all employees participatipg in the City's health plans will contribute one of the following two amounts, whichever is greater: 1. $25.00 per month 2. The difference between the family rate of the lowest cost HMO and the premium of the employee's more expensive plan selection. Contributions will be deducted from the employee's paycheck on a pre-tax and bi-weekly basis. B. Increases in Premiums Effective July 1, 2011, the City will pay for any increase in the medical plan premiums up to a maximum of 15%of the lowest cost HMO family rate. The difference will be deducted from the employee's paycheck on a pre-tax basis. In the event that the medical premium increase is less than 15%,the City's sole obligation is to pay the lower percentage increase. C. Plan Co-Pays Effective July 1, 2011, the health maintenance organization(HMO) medical plans co- pays shall be ten dollars ($10) for office visits. The prescription drug co-pays shall be ten dollars ($10) for generic, fifteen dollars ($15) for brand and thirty-five dollars ($35) for non-formulary (the Kaiser HMO provides for a two-tier prescription drug plan). The -24 -