How organisations can help

How managers can support bereaved employees.

How managers can support bereaved employees.

• Talk to the employee and acknowledge their loss

• Attend the funeral, if possible

• Be flexible

• Look out for bereaved employees who are struggling with their grief

• Let staff attend funerals

• Encourage managers to be sensitive

• Develop a bereavement policy that includes paid bereavement leave

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