{"id":26239,"date":"2014-01-10T16:47:35","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T09:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bereavement-leave-your-rights-in-seeking-support-at-work\/"},"modified":"2016-09-16T09:37:45","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T02:37:45","slug":"bereavement-leave-your-rights-in-seeking-support-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bereavement-leave-your-rights-in-seeking-support-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Bereavement leave: your rights in seeking support at work"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nEmployees have a statutory right to a ‘reasonable’ amount of time off after a death, but if you are refused it you may have a case for compensationPeople who have suffered a bereavement are not being offered enough support at work, a report by the National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC) has found.The research \u2013 Life after death: six steps to improve support in bereavement \u2013 found that a third of employees who suffered a bereavement in the past five years felt they had not been treated with compassion by their employer; while 87% of those surveyed believed all employers should have a compassionate employment policy, to include paid bereavement leave. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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