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Joint committee hears broad support for state bereavement-leave bills
Summary
Advocates, victim-service providers and lawmakers urged the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development to report H.2189/S.1354 favorably, saying the bills would guarantee up to 10 days of bereavement leave and address gaps faced by families after sudden deaths, including homicide victims.
Supporters of proposed Massachusetts bereavement-leave legislation told the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development on Tuesday that the bills would give grieving workers short, guaranteed time off without jeopardizing their jobs.
Pace McConkie Jr., policy manager for the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, told the committee H.2189/S.1354 "aims to provide bereavement leave for employees recognizing the profound impact of losing a loved 1 and the necessary time to grieve and make arrangements." He described clients who lose jobs after a homicide and the cascading harms that followed.
The bills on the docket would establish a right to up to 10 days of bereavement leave, usable consecutively or nonconsecutively within 12 months of a family member’s death, with employers retaining discretion over whether the leave is paid and firms…
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