At my company we are allowed to take 3 days of paid bereavement leave when a family member dies. I took a day off to go to my grandma's funeral and then found out that "bereavement leave" comes out of your sick leave! Is this typical?
2006-08-05 18:34:08 · 9 answers · asked by michi 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
My HR person was the one who told me it comes out of my sick time.
2006-08-05 18:42:05 · update #1
Most companies I've heard of and worked for that had bereavement leave did not take it out of sick or vacation time. But, your company may have the policy that you can take the time off, but that it comes out of sick leave, or what some companies call Personal Time Off (PTO).
Check with your HR department.
I hope your company does not require you to take sick time for bereavement.
2006-08-05 18:40:50 · answer #1 · answered by brightpool 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally, a company that offers bereavement leave does so as a gesture to the employee.
Charging the time off as sick leave is a little off the beaten path. I'd approach your HR person and see if it was just keyed in incorrectly.
2006-08-05 18:36:38 · answer #2 · answered by Stuart 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on your contract. I get three days, but I can take up to another week. The first three days of mine does not get charged against my leave, but the next week would be sick leave. So yes and no is the answer.
2006-08-05 18:37:26 · answer #3 · answered by Super Rach 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are people in here with genuine problems, seeking genuine answers. You can't possibly be real. Someone with servants would be intelligent, successful people. You sound like neither, So go away fraud. What an idiot.
2016-03-27 00:45:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Normally a bereavemnet leave or emergency leave ( that is what we call it from my work place ) and sick leave are two different kinds of leave. Check your work contract if you have one.
2006-08-05 18:48:10 · answer #5 · answered by Don Richard G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got three days when my grandma passed in Feb, but it came out of my PTO.
2006-08-05 18:39:09 · answer #6 · answered by gymfreak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on your company policy. Check your employee handbook. It should be listed in it.
2006-08-05 18:46:10 · answer #7 · answered by curious 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it is completely different from the sick pay
2006-08-05 20:05:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. that's not right.
2006-08-05 18:36:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋