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Cape Breton Regional Municipality
Get Well and Bereavement Acknowledgement Policy
STATEMENT OF POLICY:
• It is the policy of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) to
provide "get well" and "bereavement" acknowledgements to CBRM
staff/Council members and their families.
1.0 OBJECTIVES:
1.1 It is the objective of this policy to ensure that appropriate
acknowledgement is provided while avoiding duplication of same
within the organization.
2.0 RESPONSIBILITIES:
2.1 The CBRM Council will approve the Get Well and Bereavement
Acknowledgement Policy.
2.2 The maximum amount to be expended for each acknowledgement
would normally be $50 and may be amended from time to time by
the General Committee.
2.3 The office of the Mayor shall be responsible for the administration
of this policy as it relates to Council members.
2.4 a) The office of the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) shall
be responsible for the administration of this policy as it
relates to staff members.
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b) The directors/managers shall be responsible for notification
to the CAO's office when such acknowledgements may be
necessary.
2.5 Departmental acknowledgements, if made, are to be done at the
expense of the individual employees and are not to be made
through the CBRM purchasing system.
3.0 CRITERIA:
3.1 The following shall constitute the form, recipient and qualification
for get well and bereavement acknowledgements:
Acknowledgement Form Recipient Qualification
Get Well Flowers,Fruit Staff and/or Council ➢ Hospitalization(other
Baskets, etc. Member, Spouse, than over night)
Children
➢ Lengthy Illness
Bereavement Flowers, Death of Employee and/or Council Member,
"In Memoriam" Spouse, Child,Mother,Father
Donations
Approved by Council: August 18, 1998
Amended by Council: March 15, 2016
Cape Breton Regional Municipality