Hello! I need some advice for a family member who works in IT. A family member passed away suddenly and lives across the country. They need to take bereavement time to fly out for the funeral, which is weeks away, so plenty of notice. They asked for only Friday off, and their manager declined due to a lack of IT coverage in the office. Is this ethically allowed? Would love an HR person's perspective on how to handle this situation; they fear being fired if they push back for the day off.

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Since I had limited characters to type, I wanted to add this is coming from an IT contracting company that works within a large healthcare corporation.

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Not HR and not a specialist in this area, but I do know that bereavement is not a federal benefit and is up to company discretion. Since they are a contracted employee unfortunately they are not “entitled” to the time off. That being said, their leadership is a POS and should definitely give the time.

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