Employment Law Matters

040 Handling Employee Bereavement

March 31, 2020 Daniel Barnett Season 1 Episode 40
Employment Law Matters
040 Handling Employee Bereavement
Show Notes

Losing someone you love is never easy. It is important to ensure that you allow employees an appropriate amount of time off work to grieve. But how much time off is permitted? What can employers do to ease the effects of bereavement?

In this episode, you’ll learn: 

  • the old legal framework 
  • the new statutory right to time off for bereavement 
  • helping with the effects of bereavement 
  • return to work 
  • discrimination

Are you involved in a complex, high value or high profile employment dispute?  Contact adam.macdonald@outertemple.com to find out whether employment barrister Daniel Barnett can help you.

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