Growing numbers of US companies, including Facebook, Airbnb and General Mills, are providing more flexible bereavement policies or extending the amount of leave available to staff. It follows a wider trend of younger employees, who are more apt to confront work-life conflicts, urging their employers to change long-established practices. Sheryl Sandberg, a VP at employer group the National Business Group on Health, said some progressive firms allowed employees to determine how much time they needed for bereavement and when to take it.
Growing numbers of US companies, including Facebook, Airbnb and General Mills, are providing more flexible bereavement policies or extending the amount of leave available to staff. It follows a wider trend of younger employees, who are more apt to confront work-life conflicts, urging their employers to change long-established practices. LuAnn Heinen, a VP at employer group the National Business Group on Health, said some progressive firms allowed employees to determine how much time they needed for bereavement and when to take it.