Should I be allowed an authorized absense from work a funeral?

I personally think its fair to go if its a relative or a friends funeral... I mean you gotta go pay your respects... and they should let you have the day off! unpaid or paid... it doesn't make a difference.
 
DampCat said:
For the companies i've worked with it has always only been direct relatives, which is a bit strong i know.

Sorry for your loss.
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that's about right. at our place you get 1 day off to organise the funeral of a direct relative or spouse, anything else has to be taken as holiday. some holiday.
 
Yeah defo boss's call, but if I were manager I'd let people have the day off too. Relationships are complicated, senior staff would never know how close you were to the departed and it'd be pretty heartless if they didnt allow it.
 
firstly, sorry for your loss.
and tbh i think it depends on the company, situations etc. my company you get the day off if it is immediate family, parents/siblings etc. my uncle died last year and i had half a days leave for it... not taken out of holiday.

its all o nthe manager really and how they see fit, their not legally meant to give you anything unless direct family.

i do think not giving anything is quite heartless of your boss! but that also depends on how much pressure he/she is under
 
Erm, ive been told before about this, if its immediate family then they allow you the time off but other than that i dont think its possible.

Sometimes your manager will let you have the time off and be leinient but other than that..

Scuzi said:
Call in sick. You're not mentally fit to perform your job.
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Ive done this before, nothing they can do, not legally allowed to sack you due to illness so..
 
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Jokester said:
Given that he's already told them before hand that it's his uncles funeral, calling in sick might not be advised.
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He can still go to the funeral. He's in no state mentally to go to work, not to mention the prolonged emotional damage of missing out on his funeral because of an anal boss.

He has to play the game. They can't touch him if he is not fit for work which given the circumstances is entirely plausible.
 
Scuzi said:
He can still go to the funeral. He's in no state mentally to go to work, not to mention the prolonged emotional damage of missing out on his funeral because of an anal boss.

He has to play the game. They can't touch him if he is not fit for work which given the circumstances is entirely plausible.
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But he's in a fit enough state to go to work at the moment..., seriously I do not advise this course of action.
 
Jokester said:
But he's in a fit enough state to go to work at the moment..., seriously I do not advise this course of action.
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Bereavement affects different people in very different ways. It may be obvious but he cannot let himself be walked over. They can't touch him for calling in sick. If he really wants to cover his ass, getting a doctors note is easy.

He could easily book a days leave then pull a sicky further down the line but that isn't going to stop his manager treating him like a walkover.
 
Wizzkidy said:
What they gonna do sack him for one sick day even if it is obvious what he is doing.

I say do it cause I HAVE and they say nothing.
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Given that he's been refused time off, who knows, they could sack him on the spot if there that stuck up, doesn't mean it's right but you do get employers who don't follow the rules. Could end up with a warning, lose the trust of managers. It all depends if that company is what he has long term career plans.
 
If it's a McJob and you feel you have to go to the funeral then go.

If it's a career and your contract does not give you the specific right to a bereavement absence from work then tread very, very carefully. Terms and Conditions are great until someone else enforces them on you.
 
Hope this helps in some way:

http://www.dhrm.state.va.us/hrpolicy/policy/sicklv.htm

B. Family sick leave


Employees also shall be allowed to use their accrued sick leave to take time off from work for the illness or death of an immediate family member.


1. Immediate family

An employee's immediate family shall be considered the employee's:
a. parents, including step-parents;
b. spouse;
c. children, including step-children and foster children;
d. siblings, including step-siblings; and
e. any relative, either by blood or marriage, living in the employee's household.

2. Limit on amount of family sick leave

The maximum amount of family sick leave that an employee may use is:

a. 24 work hours for any one illness, injury or death; and
b. 48 total work hours in a calendar year.
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http://www.unf.edu/dept/humanres/benefits/attendance_leave.html

Bereavement Leave

An employee may use up to 3 days upon death of family member (spouse, parent, child, brother, sister, spouse of a child, brother, sister or parent, child, brother, or sister of spouse, grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, first cousin, niece or nephew). Person engaged to be married to employee.
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Best one i found:

6 days paid leave
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death of spouse, partner, child, step-child, parents, step-parents, grand-parents, brother, sister, partner’s parents or partner’s child.

1 day paid leave
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death of other immediate relative or partner’s immediate relative.
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http://www.hud.ac.uk/hr/policies/1000056.php
 
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