If a death occurs and the person is cremated within hours of passing, but the memorial service will not be held for several months, how should bereavement leave be handled? Can it be treated as two separate leave events? If not, when should the leave be taken or recommended, especially if the grieving individual was not informed about the cremation until after it had already happened?

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In a decent company, you can take it however way you want to.

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Go read your company's policy on bereavement and reach out to your manager if you still have questions or concerns. Any responses here are purely conjecture and may or may not apply to your specific company and situation

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It should be taken on the days that you need to go to the coroner, meet with the attorney, clean out the house, work on the bank and trust stuff, or just be sad.

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AND attend the memorial service, even if that's a full year later.

Our policy is bereavement can be taken in part or in whole within one calendar year following the death of covered persons, though in whole is preferred…

5 Days - Immediate family - Spouse, Child, Domestic partner, Parent
3 Days - Extended family - Grandparent, Grandchild, In-laws
1 Day - Distant relatives and friends - Aunt, Uncle, Cousin, Close friends

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Writer 1 - you are correct. Please explain it to my former boss.

Here's two examples of differing policies, read your employee handbook and/or ask your manager.

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It’s not five days it’s 10 business days. When my mom passed last year they told me that it’s 10 business days. I wasn’t going to take the full two weeks, but after the first week I had to.

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It is different for each state. Check your employee handbook and also talk to your manager. They usually will accommodate

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Most of the companies ive worked for give 3 days and only for immediate family. One wouldn't even allow it for parents in law and the CEO said out loud it was because someone might abuse it. I was all like "I'm sorry, does Elizabeth Taylor work here?"

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... not sure how cremation occurred within hours of death considered theres a period of time a morgue is required to hold a body while the state/feds process a SSID from living to deceased...and without the exemption of a few religious beliefs that excels things a bit (all religions that bar cremation) this seems very sus..

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Dude. If you really cared about the person, you would just go. Life priorities trump job priorities.
There are laws in place to protect you anyway so it's not an issue.

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Few states require providing bereavement leave, and some of them only require unpaid leave, while others only require that employees be permitted to use sick time for bereavement.

Check your HR policy and laws

Usually it can be used however you prefer (sometimes within a set time period, like a year). Regardless, a good boss would tell you take it however is right for your situation.

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