An estimated 3,500 people die every day in the UK. If someone at work or their partner or close family member dies, managers and colleagues need to respond appropriately. This book breaks new ground in placing bereavement on the management agenda. It addresses some challenging questions such as:
This book is an essential guide for anyone in an organisation who has to take responsibility in the event of death. It covers issues such as what do in the event of a sudden death at work, managing staff who are terminally ill, and practical help after death including funerals. It is a unique and constant point of reference for anyone concerned with one of the most challenging issues to be faced in the workplace.
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'a useful addition to the HR bookcase as it will help to make sure that employees experiencing the distress of bereavement are provided with appropriate and timely support.' - People Management
‘An incredible amount of invaluable, practical and inspirational material is contained in these 217 pages of sensitive and authoritative text ... this guide cannot be too highly recommended for its practical and comprehensive content and sincere, considerate approach.’ - Occupational Health and Safety
‘The anatomy of grief is dealt with especially well ... a most humane, practical and good value for money publication.’ – Health and Safety At Work
'An extremely practical and useful resource for anyone facing these challenging issues.' - Mortality
‘For HR/personnel managers it will be an invaluable reference; for bereavement support workers it will provide added insight into the complex web of pressures a bereaved person may experience in what they often call the ‘real’ world of their work. This book, very helpfully, locates bereavement well and truly in the real world.’ – Bereavement Care
‘This tremendously readable book contains a wealth of helpful and practical insights described simply and with great dignity and sensitivity.’ – Chris Underhill MBE, Director, BasicNeeds
‘A source of ideas, insight and information which is likely to sustain managers, human resource specialists, staff representatives, colleagues as well as the bereaved over a long period of time.’ – Peter Twist, former Chief Superintendent, The Metropolitan Police
‘Cogent and detailed descriptions of the underlying patterns associated with bereavement at work are dealt with in an accessible language and contain vivid accounts of real life experiences.’ – From the foreword by Ross Warburton, Chairman, Warburtons
'I have personally lived with the guilt of failing to discuss the realities of death with my employer and workplace colleagues, and I now realise it was foolhardy not to share my pent up emotions.
This book has taken death and bereavement from the darkness into the light, and it will help shop stewards as well as managers and others ensure that the right kind of support is offered to people at work who are bereaved or struggling with a terminal illness. As one former General Secretary of my union said, trade unionists must look after their members from the cradle to the grave.’ – Sir Bill Morris, General Secretary, Transport and General Workers Union 1991-2003
‘Line managers and HR managers alike will be well advised to invest the time that it takes to read this carefully and sensitively written book, which explores a subject that still too often shrouded in taboo and ignored in the workplace, and to act on the sound advice that it contains.’ – Simon Armson, psychotherapist and former chief executive, The Samaritans
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