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Give family and friends a right to compassionate leave for attending a funeral

Submitted by Abby McCrorie on Friday 15th January 2021

Published on Monday 1st March 2021

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 1st September 2021

Signatures: 12

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Friends ~ Law ~ Mental health ~ mentalhealth ~ Pressure ~ relationship ~ Time ~ Upset ~ Upsetting

Petition Action

Give family and friends a right to compassionate leave for attending a funeral

Petition Details

Employers should allow family and friends by law to attend a funeral whether it be immediate family or not, dis-allowing close friends/partners to not have the option to attend is extremely unfair and puts more pressure on the mental health of those already upset about the death.

Additional Information

It should be written in law that you can attend funerals to have closure & say goodbye, not only for yourself but to support others around you as this is a difficult time and something that impacts people’s physical & mental health. To let employers decide if you work or not shouldn’t be an option, they don’t know your relationship with whom passed away, it is injustice to who passed as they would want everyone together. Law should be you are entitled to that day off whatever your relationship.


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