How companies respond to grieving employees continues to be a hot button issue for the bereaved. Though an important piece it is still just piece of our totally inadequate cultural response to death and grief.
This is a great article pointing out how better support in the workplace is actually good for the employer.
Employers need to prepare for this event by changing how grief is handled in the workplace. It’s actually good business to manage these life events in their workforce. The health of a business depends on the health and well being of its most important asset – namely their employees.
If employers make the workplace more “grief friendly” the employees will be more productive (therefore more profitable) and will also demonstrate more loyalty to their company.
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