Bereavement leave

[minechuchie]

Hi, I was just wondering how many days of bereavement does every ones company allow them to take and can you take paid, unpaid or both. What kind of work do you do.[No company names please.] Just went through a situation were I was allowed to take 3 days off paid for the death of my father but needed another 4 days to get mom and everything situated. I was not or do I care if I got paid for any of the days. I am now told that I must use all my sporadic days to cover my 4 extra days off. This is all well and good...but what happens for the rest of the year if I get sick and need a day off. Is it going to be held over my head that I took a day off. I would not expect pay, but I can be written up for using to many sporadic days. Are companies so cold and uncaring that they will not allow you time to grieve and at the least to get your parents affairs in order. I also must point out that I am only a part time worker and I fairly often am asked to work over my normal 25 hours. Any thoughts on this. Terri

 

[Evil Genius]

My sister died unexpectedly earlier this month. I was told to take off as much time as I needed, unpaid. There is no bereavement pay where I work.

 

[Lisa L from MI]

Well, I know that DH's job offers NO bereavement leave at all!!! No matter who....myself, DD's, DH's parents.....notta one...nothing!!!! I think that is just awful!!!

 

[becka]

My company gives you up to 3 days paid time off for certain family members (grandparents, parents, siblings, spouse, children) and also for those same family members of your spouse. I have never needed to use more than 3 days but my understanding is that after 3 days you use vacation, personal leave, etc.. and then it would be unpaid. I think there is some wiggle room for supervisors to determine how much is OK vs. how much is not but I don't really know any specifics.

 

[azgal81]

My company provide three paid days and two additional days if out of state. However they are pretty flexible if more time off is needed. When my bosses daughter in law died she was gone for quite awhile. I work at a university.

 

[jeanadave]

I work for a law firm. We get 3 days bereavement for a spouse, child, parent, grandparent or sibling. Any more time off would be taken off sick/vacation. You can only take unpaid days with the prior approval of the HR Dept.

 

[daisyduck123]

Teacher here...no bereavement pay here.
We have to use our own sick/personal leave.

 

[goofyforlife]

Well, I know that DH's job offers NO bereavement leave at all!!! No matter who....myself, DD's, DH's parents.....notta one...nothing!!!! I think that is just awful!!!

Same where i used to work... Nada..... and this was a 1,200+ employee company.

They would let you advance up to five days leave if you didn't have any...
(of course then you'd be negative until you earned it back.)

Their position was that you should keep your personal days in case someone passes.

Personally their idiots.....

 

[Lisa L from MI]

Same where i used to work... Nada..... and this was a 1,200+ employee company.

They would let you advance up to five days leave if you didn't have any...
(of course then you'd be negative until you earned it back.)

Their position was that you should keep your personal days in case someone passes.

Personally their idiots.....

DH gets no personal days either....just vacation which they pay the employees on their anniversary date (I think DH gets 4 wks now----13 years in)....so, when you do take days off, for any reason...your check will be short that.

 

[Jeanny]

we get 5 days for immediate family, and one for aunt, uncle cousin, etc. which basically covers the funeral day.

 

[Poohnatic]

Current employer, up to 1 week for immediate family, parents, grandparents steps, in laws, cousins, aunts or uncles. Yes, I looked a the policy.

Previous employer: I had to use a week's vacation when my SIL passed (they only covered blood relations and spouses). When my mom passed, I could take up to a week, but took four days. In fact, they scheduled the rest of the managers to double up with me for the rest of the week, just in case.

When my dad passed away, that employer did not have a bereavement policy. I was executrix of his estate and it was out of state. When I returned from a week away, I worked 14 days straight to make up for missed time. The franchise owner realized his oversight (first incidence in his 10 years of business) and amended the company policy about a month later. They allowed me a third week of vacation that year to compensate for the oversight.

Suzanne

 

[SandiH]

Teacher here...no bereavement pay here.
We have to use our own sick/personal leave.

Teacher here as well. We get up to 5 paid days, depending on how much you need (travel, how close the relative was, etc.) They don't even have to be in a row. For example, dad dies; you take a day or two off and then work a few days and then take 3 more days when it's time for the funeral. Guess we have it pretty good.

 

[Caropooh]

I believe DH and I both get 3 days. His company is more lenient on what relatives, I believe.

 

[spazzyjazzy]

We get 3 days if it's in state or 5 out of state. I work for a city government.

 

[sugarpie]

I get 3 days payed for an immediate family member, but they will allow you to take a personal leave with no pay.

 

[pearlieq]

Our company offers 5 days of paid bereavement leave.

 

[hlbtimes2]

I work for a very small company (10 employees). We have no sick leave or bereavement pay. We get 10 days of vacation pay a year, we can use that as needed. When its gone, its time off with out pay.

 

[lajones81]

I'm a teacher and we have 2-3 days allotted for Bereavement each year. Anything more than that would have to be taken out of our personal leave days (an additional 3 each year).

 

[Grizabella]

Fortune 500 company. 3 days paid leave, use your acation days if you need more time.

 

[Julia M]

Teacher here as well. We get up to 5 paid days, depending on how much you need (travel, how close the relative was, etc.) They don't even have to be in a row. For example, dad dies; you take a day or two off and then work a few days and then take 3 more days when it's time for the funeral. Guess we have it pretty good.

I'm in education, also (speech therapist) and we also get 5 days.

My FIL died 4 years ago, and I ended up using all 5 days........between helping out MIL, picking up people at the airport, trips to the mortuary, and so on. There is so much to do.

Bereavement in our district is for immediate family: spouse, child, parent, in laws, grandparents. For a friend, I would take personal leave.

Julia