Dear Friend,
Leave is not a right, it is the facility, mutual consent, by the organisation and the employee..sometimes, leave is a motivating factor...Every country have national leave which is not considered here...
1) Bereavement leave- what is sorrow? It differs person to person, death of wife, father, mother, children, everything falls in this category, irrespective of this, the whole state mourns on the death of national leader, and the whole organisation have to shut down on that particular day to avoid damages by the political parties or vested interest of the public/affected people..
2) Casual leave is the criteria sanctioned to the employee to avail the same on untoward incidents/accidents or the situation warrant as and when required, the lies of employee become a natural justice to claim casual leave and many a organisation never questions and sanction leave knowingly the nature...
3) When we implement bereavement leave what happen to the casual leave that is available to the employee, or bereavement is a part of casual leave or separate issue, the organisations certainly would like to raise the issue and we expect a turnaround...
4) In case, bereavement is accepted as a part of an organisation where the excess leave clipped or reduced, which organisation would like to implement bereavement leave with whom the authority to incorporate the same in the leave rules..
5) When leave is taken for bereavement in excess of casual leave the same need be regularised by the sanctioning authority for the benefit of the employee as well as for the organisation by giving full salary without deductions, this is a motivating factor for the employee and the fact is the employer will not loose the employee on this grounds from being dissatisfaction..how to regularise?
6)So before implementing bereavement leave all sectors should be consulted as this have an impact on the casual leave sanctioned to the employee by the employer without scrutinising for the same..
7)How can you assess an employee really wanted bereavement leave? Can we claim death certificates or the incidents of the sorrow really need be considered, the question is a want of veracity in all counts?
Best of luck...bereavement is the time factor of change, let it be examined..