Compassionate Leave Question

cronos

Would compassionate leave for example for an Uncle who's funeral happened on the bank holiday carry over as a holiday after that? Not sure how that would work. Just might be nice to have the day to take my parents somewhere.

Misguided1

I wouldn't think so.
Going to a funeral on a weekend doesn't entitle you to a day in lieu during the week (assuming you work Monday to Friday). Same principle for a bank holiday.

OMM 0000

Compassionate leave is up to your company.

I think it would be reasonable for your company to say "no, you weren't working that day, so you already had the day off".

RebelButtMunch

I think you're gonna need an Annual Leave day for that. If you chat to your manager you might wrangle a time-in-lieu for it. Or perhaps they'd turn a blind eye to a half day.

GalwayGrrrrrl

I work for the hse - compassionate leave wouldn’t normally cover an uncle/aunt. You’d probably be able to take annual leave to attend the funeral or support your family after.

Ohmeha

Obviously depends on your company policy but generally a death of an Uncle would be considered by most companies as a death of an immediate family member and compassionate leave would apply, likely for just the one day of the funeral for the death of an uncle

The compassionate leave day would only apply on a day you were scheduled to work so if you were not scheduled to work on the Bank Holiday when the funeral took place there would be no requirement for your employer to provide you with a compassionate leave day since the funeral did not conflict with your working schedule

Fighting Tao

Ohmeha wrote: »

Obviously depends on your company policy but generally a death of an Uncle would be considered by most companies as a death of an immediate family member and compassionate leave would apply, likely for just the one day of the funeral for the death of an uncle

The compassionate leave day would only apply on a day you were scheduled to work so if you were not scheduled to work on the Bank Holiday when the funeral took place there would be no requirement for your employer to provide you with a compassionate leave day since the funeral did not conflict with your working schedule

Completely opposite experience. Only parents, siblings, children and grandparents have been covered anywhere I've worked. So it's down to the employer policies.

HandsomeBob

xfactorfan23 wrote: »

I work for the hse - compassionate leave wouldn’t normally cover an uncle/aunt. You’d probably be able to take annual leave to attend the funeral or support your family after.

I think the most important thing is that both the company and the person are reasonable. It's unreasonable to expect someone to take annual leave to deal with a tragedy. What is reasonable though for bereavement involving extended family is to either a) let someone take extended leave and work up a plan to build the hours back up or b) let someone take unpaid leave at short notice if they request it.

If my company was ever unreasonable on such a case I'd quietly take it on the chin and resolve to find a company that's actually decent towards their staff.

Ohmeha

Fighting Tao wrote: »

Completely opposite experience. Only parents, siblings, children and grandparents have been covered anywhere I've worked. So it's down to the employer policies.

As I said, most companies, not all companies

fritzelly

Most places only immediate family death qualifies for compassionate leave
Have you not already been paid for the Bank Holiday even though you were not working - so cannot see why they would give you a day off in lieu as well
On top of that you would need to have asked in advance.

Dial Hard

Anywhere I've worked has given compassionate leave on a "sliding scale" depending on the immediacy of the relation in question. A day for an aunt/uncle is the leave given everywhere I've worked and you certainly wouldn't get the day in lieu if the funeral happened to fall on a weekend or bank holiday. What an odd request to even consider.

davo10

Assuming you are paid for the bank holiday and compassionate leave is unpaid, how would you be entitled to an extra annual leave day?