Personal Leave for a Funeral

scd3scd4

There is no right and of course it depends on who it is. In most cases taking a days holiday would solve the problem.


I had a friends dad die. The company told him he could only have 3 days...............he went sick with depression and had 6 weeks!!

TELLIT01

Takeaway_Addict wrote: »

What would you expect the DWP to do different then because their response seems reasonable to me.

I wasn't saying one was right or wrong, just highlighting the difference in attitude. One job was private sector and the other public sector. Private sector managers generally have more freedom to do what they think is right, wherease public sector are more controlled by rules and regulations.

Intoodeep

Our Company pay one days compassionate
for the Deaths of Grandparents, Parents, Siblings, Children, or if asked to be a bearer at said Funeral even if not a relative

nimbo

Where I was based the nhs policy was 2 days paid for either a parents death or the death of your own child as compassionate leave. Blhowever at managers discretion more could be taken. ( I’m thinking the death of a child for example).

There was a massive hoo har when a colleagues grandmother died and her direct manager allowed her the two days as she’d been raised by her grandparents - lived with them until middles 20’s when she’d bought a house and had maybe moved out 6 months before the death. More senior managers were behaving very briskly.

Where I am now I technically get nothing. But my manager is very approachable and seens as I am owed over 200 hours flexi time I’m sure would accommodate a request.

Lincoln_Imp

The last company i worked at had a policy where you was allowed 1 day for Auntie/Uncle ,3 days for Brother in law ,Sister in law etc and 5 days for Parent ,Child,Wife or Husband plus 1 extra day if needed for travel or arrangements
Pretty decent to be honest