Venue:
Delivered digitally via zoom (conferences only)
Map (opens in new window): Date:
22/10/2025: Time:
09:30 - 12:30: Price:
£170.00 per person
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* Max of 4 delegates per organisation. Please call Acas on 0300 123 1150 or email events@acas.org.uk if numbers exceed this or for more details about the training session.

Managing bereavement and critical illness: a masterclass

Overview

The up-coming Employment Rights Bill contains proposals to expand the scope of bereavement leave.

Employer’s will need to consider adapting policies to support employees who are impacted by bereavement.

At this event, experts from Untangle Grief, Grief Chat and Elephant in the Room Training will be explaining both legal considerations and how to improve organisational best practice and policies.

As well as bereavement, the speakers will also explore employer support for people facing life threatening or life-limiting conditions such as cancer.

Business Need

Bereavement can have a devasting effect on an individual and it can also have an impact on teams and the workplace.

There is a strong business and legal case for managing employees who are facing life-limiting illness or bereavement sensitively and effectively.

Poor understanding of how to manage terminally ill or bereaved employees can be extremely damaging for employee relations.

This could lead to increased absence, staff turnover, low productivity and legal repercussions.

This event will help people managers and HR professionals improve their understanding of the law and take practical insights back into their workplace.

Suitable For

Whether you’re from a public, private or third sector organisation, multinational corporation or SME, this special conference offers practical advice and invaluable employment relations insights.

Essential for anyone who is responsible for; managing people, working in HR, finance, employment relations or acts in a representative capacity. This includes:

HR and Finance directors, managers, supervisors, team leaders, HR professionals, business owners, Trade Union representatives, employee representatives and individuals who wish to enhance their CPD.

Programme

This conference will include the following speaker sessions:

Chaired by: Liz Rajasingam, Senior Business Adviser, Acas

Speakers:

Emily Cummin, CEO Untangle Grief

Managing bereavement in the workplace
Up-coming changes in the Employment Rights Bill in relation to bereavement leave and related policy implications

Catherine Betley, Founder and Managing Director, Grief Chat.

Supporting people with life-limiting illness and grief in the workplace

Sarah Drake, Founder and Managing Director, Elephant in the Room Training

Navigating cancer in the workplace
How to create policies and procedures to support employees

Panel Q&A - your opportunity to ask questions