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Make compassionate leave a Statutory Right With Reasonable Period off & full pay

Submitted on Thursday 7th June 2018

Published on Friday 15th June 2018

Current status: Closed

Closed: Saturday 15th December 2018

Signatures: 12

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Petition Action

Make compassionate leave a Statutory Right With Reasonable Period off & full pay

Petition Details

compassionate leave is not offered in my contract, I researched this online and found that this is not a statutory right. If like me you work on commission and earn a low salary you will struggle financially in an emergency, I think this needs to change and people should have the right to grieve.

Additional Information

My wife's grandmother died and we had to fly to get to the funeral, upon my return I was told that I would need to use my 5 of my holiday days (I only get 20) as they didn't offer compassionate leave. I thought this was unfair and I feel that this needs to change and should be a basic right.

gov.uk website
"pay, your employer may pay you for time off to look after dependents but they don't have to. check your contact, company handbook or internet site to see if there are rules about this. "


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