This course explains how to provide crucial grief support to employees who have suffered a bereavement. We establish the importance of supporting grieving employees at work before defining ‘grief’ and ‘grieving events’. We then outline various symptoms of grief and their causes in more detail. We identify the types of professional support available for bereavement and examine each stage of the grieving process in depth.

The course then explains how to support and communicate with an employee after the death of a loved one. We discuss how line managers can help grieving employees heal and provide tips for supervisors to help them deal with grief in the workplace. We outline the symptoms of traumatic grief and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The course then explains when an employee should seek professional help for grief, which could include therapy and counselling.

We lay out the legal rights of those facing grief in the UK and study the policies and rules for parental bereavement leave and pay. We provide details about bereavement and compassionate leave in the UK. This course is ideal for human resource and business managers who need to know how to implement helpful policies to support grieving employees in the workplace. It also suits those who have suffered a recent loss and are unsure what their legal rights are in the UK. Sign up to learn how to protect your employees and your company’s human resources by providing grief support after trauma or tragedy.