Bereavement Leave

This policy may be modified in accordance with your organization’s needs. If you have a bereavement leave policy, you may want to include a statement allowing variance from the stated policy based on managerial approval.

SAMPLE POLICY:
BEREAVEMENT LEAVE

When a death occurs in an employee’s family (or in the family of an employee’s spouse), this organization will provide  bereavement leave. Pay will not be granted for any day in which the employee is otherwise compensated (such as a paid holiday) or for any day the employee would otherwise not have been at work.

Bereavement leave is provided as follows for a relationship to you or your spouse:

• Up to 3 days: Spouse, Child, Parent
• Up to 2 days: Grandparent, Grandchild, Sibling
• Up to 1 day: Aunt, Uncle, Niece, Nephew 

Employees may use, as necessary, the maximum number of days granted under this policy. If additional time is needed, employees may use, with their manager’s discretion, any available sick or vacation days.

Vacation time may be used to attend funeral services of persons not included in this bereavement leave policy.

The employee’s manager and the human resources department must approve any variance from, or modification to, this bereavement leave policy.

Employees who wish to take time off under this policy should notify their manager as soon as possible.