Nowadays many companies in the US are providing bereavement leave to their employees and some companies are also providing paid leave for bereavement. Companies give priority to work but they also know that their employees need time to grieve and attend the funeral of their family members and relatives. Amazon has also proposed an amazing scheme regarding bereavement leave. This policy is both for part-time and full-time employees of Amazon Through this scheme, Amazon has proved by three days of paid leave that bereavement leave is also necessary for everyone and its employees can take leave on the bereavement of their near and dear one. What is bereavement leave? On whose bereavement you can get leave? Document or proof which needs for bereavement leave in Amazon, procedures to request for bereavement break, Can an employee take an extra day off? We are going to discuss all these things in this article so keep reading.
Yes, sometimes the amazon manager and supervisor may ask for proof and documents for bereavement leave. If you have requested leave then after proving the valid document or proof then only your leave will be approved and you can get 3days of paid leave. A document like a death certificate is necessary for this leave. After that, the manager or supervisor will decide whether to grant leave or not. If the person is your family member then the leave will be granted and if the person is just your relative or not the close one then the request for leave will be rejected.
Bereavement leave:
Many companies are now providing bereavement leave to their employees. But one question arises in everyone’s mind: what is bereavement leave? Bereavement is the time after death. It also includes the grave and funeral of the dead person. Bereavement leave is a leave in which an employee requests leave from his manager and supervisor for the funeral of his family members and friends. In previous days there was no bereavement leave granted by the company to its employees. But nowadays companies are giving importance to their employee’s personal life also.
On whose bereavement you can get leave
The employees are not allowed to take leave for everyone’s funeral. The manager and the supervisor of Amazon granted the leave only for the funeral of an immediate family member or for the close one. According to Amazon, the immediate family members are as follows:-
- Grandparents
- Father and mother
- Brother
- Sister
- Child
- Spouse
- Family members of the spouse
- Close family of the employee’s spouse
Document or proof which needs for bereavement leave in Amazon
In Amazon, Some of the managers and supervisors ask for the document and proof while some grant leaves without the proof. The proof that an employee needs to take leave is the death certificate and newspaper obituary. The news obituary is generally written by a journalist or by the newspaper editor. You can use this obituary as proof of the leave but it’s up to the family whether they want to request to write an obituary about the person who died or not. After that only you can use this obituary as proof of bereavement leave in Amazon.
Days an employee can take bereavement leave:
According to Amazon’s policy, both part-time and full-time employees can take bereavement leave. This company grants a paid leave of a maximum of 3 days to its employees. While it gives 4 days of leave for the death of the spouse and children and 3 days for the death of parents, grandparents, siblings, and grandchildren.
Procedures to request for bereavement break
There is a certain procedure to request bereavement leave in Amazon which is as follows:
- First of all the employee has to inform the manager or supervisor as soon as possible.
- Then in the next step, the manager or supervisor will review the request.
- The employee has to make a written request for the leave and give the appropriate document which was asked to submit.
- The last process is to prepare a workplace note.
Can an employee take an extra day off?
Yes, Amazon also allows its employees to take extra days off for bereavement. If an employee wants extra days to leave then he has to notify this thing to his manager or supervisor and only with their permission, he will get an extra 4 days off. But there is also a demerit of this extra leave and i.e an employee will not be paid like the first days off.
Conclusion
We can conclude that through the Amazon bereavement policy Amazon gives a 3days paid bereavement leave to its employees. For this leave documents like the death certificate and obituary are necessary. Sometimes the manager doesn’t ask for documents but sometimes they ask for documents so the employee needs to keep the documents ready.
FAQs
1. Can an employee take extra 20 days of bereavement off?
Ans. No, the employee can take 4extra days of bereavement off.
2. Is Amazon asking for identity proof for bereavement leave?
Ans. No, only the death certificate or sometimes obituary proof is needed.
3. Does Amazon fire the employee who takes bereavement leave?
Ans. No Amazon doesn’t fire employee who takes bereavement leave.
