By fostering an environment of understanding and providing adequate support, workplaces benefit from improved employee engagement, wellbeing and mental health outcomes.
What can you do to improve bereavement support in the workplace?
- Don't be afraid to share your story. This encourages others to share theirs too and creates a more supportive and open culture in talking about loss
- Set up a committee or 'grief/child loss' café. There are more bereaved parents out there than you think and everyone needs support from time to time
- Review your policies. Is there a baby loss policy? This is best practice in today's world. If not, lobby your HR department to create one
- Create a befriending network to provide one-to-one help to parents who will experience loss in the future
- Find out if your company invests in empathetic leadership training or find out how much they spend on supporting leaders to support their teams in times of crisis
- Raise money for charity through sponsored work events, which all helps with team building
- Does your company offer flexible working in times of crisis? This is one of the greatest support offerings an organisation an offer its employee going through a bereavement
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