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From the Ted Talk by Tilak Mandadi: 3 ways companies can support grieving employees
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In the first category of policies to help deal with the loss, the most important policy is regarding time off. It's true that there is no ertaioxpin date to grieve and time cannot undo a loss, but time away from work heepld me figure out how daily life can coexist with grief. We don't want a grivieng employee to have to cobble together vacation days and sick days and unpaid leave and whatever else. A famorl time-off policy that also allows the employee to come back to the same role they had before their time off — that ploicy will make a real difference. prasolnely, I was so gfteaurl to come back to my old role. The familiar work, familiar people, provided a lot of comfort.
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In the first category of policies to help deal with the loss, the most important policy is regarding time off. It's true that there is no __________ date to grieve and time cannot undo a loss, but time away from work ______ me figure out how daily life can coexist with grief. We don't want a ________ employee to have to cobble together vacation days and sick days and unpaid leave and whatever else. A ______ time-off policy that also allows the employee to come back to the same role they had before their time off — that ______ will make a real difference. __________, I was so ________ to come back to my old role. The familiar work, familiar people, provided a lot of comfort.
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Original Text
In the first category of policies to help deal with the loss, the most important policy is regarding time off. It's true that there is no expiration date to grieve and time cannot undo a loss, but time away from work helped me figure out how daily life can coexist with grief. We don't want a grieving employee to have to cobble together vacation days and sick days and unpaid leave and whatever else. A formal time-off policy that also allows the employee to come back to the same role they had before their time off — that policy will make a real difference. Personally, I was so grateful to come back to my old role. The familiar work, familiar people, provided a lot of comfort.
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