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Why EAPs are not sufficient for bereavement care

Settling a loved one’s affairs amounts to a part-time job that lasts for more than a year, on average. Employees who are carrying this burden need real support—much more than employee assistance programs, or EAPs, are designed to offer. 

Why bereavement should be seen as a type of caregiving

Both are time-consuming, unpaid, and often undervalued work that shifts an employee’s priorities, profoundly affecting everything from daily life to work performance. 

What employers need to know about disenfranchised grief

If a person’s grief is seen as invalid in some way—because others don’t view the relationship as close enough or important enough—they can experience prolonged pain due to the lack of emotional support.

Settling a loved one’s affairs amounts to a part-time job that lasts for more than a year, on average. Grieving employees who are carrying this burden need holistic support, long after bereavement leave is over.

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