03/12/2025
Reflections for Employers: Building a Compassionate Culture
1. Support begins with awareness:
Employers play a critical role in shaping environments where staff feel safe to express their grief. A compassionate workplace acknowledges that bereavement is not a ‘one-week issue’ but a journey.
Reflection: Does our workplace culture allow people to speak openly about grief without fear of judgement or job insecurity?
2. Flexibility can be life-changing:
Grief affects sleep, cognition, emotional stability, appetite, and physical health. Offering flexible working, reduced responsibilities, or temporary adjustments can make the difference between a staff member coping or breaking.
Reflection: How can we adapt expectations to honour someone’s humanity during one of the hardest chapters of their life?
Look out for 3 and 4 in our next post…..