using leave for a funeral

[Anonymous]

If a coworker dies and the employees who worked directly with that person go to the funeral on a work day, do you think those coworkers should have to use their annual leave?
or do you think it would be a nice gesture of the company to let poeple go to the funeral without using personal leave.
Production will not be affected and the business stays open.

[Anonymous]

Isn't there bereavement leave available? As an ethical question, my position would be that no leave should be deducted for those wishing to attend. I don't see it as a "nice gesture," but as the right thing to do.

[Anonymous]

Do you also have to use PTO hours or flex hours for office parties?

[Anonymous]

From what you posted it sounds like it would be a nice gesture. However, I'm guessing you're one of those employees who is being required to use their annual leave, and I have to wonder what the employer's side of this would be.

[Anonymous]

Op here: I have been told by another employee that it is up to each individual supervisor. This seems wrong to me, it should be the same for everyone. I do think we should be allowed to go without using leave. My supervisor knows I am going but I havent asked about leave and he hasnt said anything.
We dont have office parties on site. I think if you go to one thats somewhere else you would either be off, or use leave. I think a party is a bit different to a co worker funeral though.

[Anonymous]

16:21 bereavement leave can only be used for family members.

[Anonymous]

I can't even imagine a company charging its employees leave to attend a co-workers funeral. It's beyond petty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't even imagine a company charging its employees leave to attend a co-workers funeral. It's beyond petty.

believe it.

[Anonymous]

Quite honestly, I agree that this is appalling. I work at a CBO, and when my coworker's father passed away, a bunch of us went to his funeral services locally in the morning and didn't take personal leave.

[Anonymous]

We had a coworker pass away suddenly and they shut down the office so that we could attend the funeral.

[Anonymous]

OP, are you willing to "eat" the time you'll be gone or are you thinking the company should just pay you? Not being snarky, genuine question. Is it a matter of "if you go you MUST use PTO"?

[Anonymous]

We as a company went to visit a co-worker on his deathbed. The owner of the company told us to build the client.
Cheapskate he should have advised us to bill overhead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We had a coworker pass away suddenly and they shut down the office so that we could attend the funeral.

This is the only appropriate response. Leave for an employee's funeral? Awful. Beyond awful.

[Anonymous]

OP here: I am going regardless. If I have to use leave then I have to use leave.
I will find out later today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Isn't there bereavement leave available? As an ethical question, my position would be that no leave should be deducted for those wishing to attend. I don't see it as a "nice gesture," but as the right thing to do.

Bereavement leave is not usually granted for co-workers, it is taken for funerals of specific families members .