compassionate leave
Family emergency time
Compassionate leave is time off from work granted when an employee faces a family emergency or bereavement—typically the death or serious illness of a close relative.
The term is more common in British than American English, where *bereavement leave* or *family leave* often covers the same ground: She took compassionate leave after her father's death.
Period following loss
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- funeralService honoring the dead
- lossBeing without something
- deathCessation of life
condolences · memorial · sympathy · wake · burial · cremation · obituary · deceased
Scheduled absence from duties
- employee rightsLegal safeguards for workers
- human resourcesEmployee administration department
- workplace policyEmployer's official rules
- entitlementAssumed right to benefits
documentation · approval · return to work · HR · employer · notification · proof · duration
One providing daily assistance
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- respiteShort pause from hardship
- homecareMedical aid at residence
- elderlyAdvanced in age
illness · recovery · convalescence · patient · dependent · family care · bedside · palliative
mourning
Period following loss
death · condolences · memorial · sympathy · wake · burial · cremation · obituary · deceased · next of kin
time off
Scheduled absence from duties
- employee rightsLegal safeguards for workers
- human resourcesEmployee administration department
- workplace policyEmployer's official rules
entitlement · documentation · approval · return to work · HR · employer · notification · proof · duration · extension
caregiver
One providing daily assistance
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- respiteShort pause from hardship
- homecareMedical aid at residence
elderly · illness · recovery · convalescence · patient · dependent · family care · bedside · palliative · hospitalization
- leavevacation, vacation days, PTO, time off, paid time off
- time offvacation, holiday, weekend, break, rest
- work leavevacation days, FMLA, personal days, jury duty, short-term disability
- labor lawlabor code, labor law, labor laws, labor standards, labour law
- employee benefitshealth insurance, pension, 401k, 401(k), retirement
- military leavefurlough, pass, R&R, AWOL, weekend pass
compassionate leavevacation
Leisure time away
annual leave · holiday · holiday leave · pleasure trip · sick leave
compassion, compassionate, compass, passage, passenger, passing, passed, passable, impassable