Bereavement

[u/passion-rose2716]

I have a funeral/wake to attend to this Thursday/friday. Do you think they’d give me the bereavement time off?
My husband will be one of the ones carrying the casket and I can’t go to work bc I have kids as well.
I’m willing to take the L and call off

[u/enoyes767]

Sorry for your family’s loss.

The facility manager does have discretion with bereavement, but you would need to make the case of them being a super important person to you. It likely wouldn’t qualify for the paid bereavement, but it’s possible it would get the point approved. Your department management can also approve the point, and it may be easier to get their permission

[u/Phyzenni]

By policy it depends on your relation to the person. You get up to 3 days off in a row paid for immediate family (parents, grand parents, kids, spouse. Maybe aunt and uncle?). If the person who passed isn't immediate family, then you can't do the bereavement thing. Obviously you could mark it as bereavement, but by policy you won't get de-pointed and paid unless it's immediate family.

Edit: according to replies, the days don't have to be in a row, but I was told a few years ago they had to be🤷🏻‍♂️

[u/passion-rose2716 → u/Phyzenni]

I’m not so worried about getting paid. I just don’t want to get pointed if it can be avoided

[u/Phyzenni → u/passion-rose2716]

Understandable, but as far as the policy goes, the avoiding the point and the getting paid are a combo deal. But obviously points can always be removed just by your boss's discretion, I was just explaining the policy

[u/icecubedyeti → u/Phyzenni]

You didn’t even explain that right. You don’t need to take the days off in a row and certain relatives you can take up to 5 days. Also, unless management is total shit you can take a day without being pointed, just talk to them.

[u/Phyzenni → u/icecubedyeti]

From when the policy was explained to me a few years ago, I was told it's 3 days max, and they have to be in a row. Can't be broken up and separated

[u/icecubedyeti → u/Phyzenni]

In fairness then, the 5 days for immediate family is a relatively new change. However, it has never been that you needed to take all the days in a row.

[u/MamaMitchellaneous → u/Phyzenni]

No. Unpaid bereavement is a thing, and you can take it for anyone, not just family. If it isn't family, it's just one unpaid day, but it still counts as bereavement.

[u/Suic1d3 → u/Phyzenni]

Slight addendum: the days off are not required to be in a row. As an example, you can callout the day you get the news, then again a week later for the ceremony and there will be no issue.