{"id":2995,"date":"2012-10-03T08:16:39","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T14:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corevalues.com\/?p=2995"},"modified":"2012-10-03T08:16:39","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T14:16:39","slug":"dealing-with-an-employees-death-in-the-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/dev\/2012\/10\/03\/dealing-with-an-employees-death-in-the-workplace\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing With An Employee’s Death In The Workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Losing a co-worker to a sudden death is devistating to a family, community and most certainly the workplace. Here are a couple of resources that will help managers and HR Team Members.<\/p>\n

Training<\/strong><\/p>\n

Judith Hurlburt, senior consultant and NLP coach, reports that how a death is handled by managers and HR\u00a0is\u00a0important to overall organizational health<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n

In\u00a0Judith’s HR and Management Training, The Power of Purpose as Life Happens\u00a0, she offers a detailed approach to emotionally managing a very challenging and heart wrenching incident.<\/div>\n

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Employers sometimes face a particularly uncomfortable challenge\u2014addressing the death of an employee and providing guidance and support to family members, beneficiaries, and coworkers.<\/p>\n

Print resources from a life insurance company<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to Heather Luiz, Disability, Life and Leave Product Manager with Liberty Mutual. \u201cAn employee\u2019s death can have a dramatic impact on a company.\u00a0Managing that impact can be challenging, especially since employers rarely deal with such an event.”<\/p>\n

Liberty Mutual created a series of guides that\u00a0guide employers through the steps to take to help employees and beneficiaries during these traumatic times.\u201d<\/p>\n

The guides, which can be downloaded at www.libertymutualgroup.com\/grouplife<\/a>, detail:<\/p>\n