BEREAVEMENT LEAVE POLICY

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SCENARIO

Your organization is a floral supply company with employees in the following jurisdictions:

· British Columbia

· Manitoba

· Newfoundland and Labrador

The organization is planning to implement a company-wide policy with respect to bereavement leave that provides the same benefits to all employees, regardless of their province of employment or their length of employment. As Payroll Supervisor, provide Robyn White, the Human Resources Manager, with the following information.

· Identify four specific items relating to bereavement leave that will have to be addressed in the policy to ensure compliance with the employment/labour standards in each jurisdiction.

Research the details for each of the items you have identified using the course material and the employment/labour standards website for each jurisdiction.

· Using the results of your research, provide your recommendations to Ms. White on how to address each of these items in the policy to provide the employees with the best benefit, while keeping the cost to the organization at a minimum. Please explain your reasoning.

Prepare your response (250 – 400 words) using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation. You will be penalized if you are excessively over or under the suggested word count. Your response must be stated in your own words and should be based on the course material, your experiences, knowledge gained through the course and at least one external government resource.

Any responses taken directly from the external government resource or course material will not be accepted. Information referenced from the government resource(s) and the course material must be cited. For example:

· if you are referencing the Canada Revenue Agency’s Employers' Guide - Payroll Deductions and Remittances – T4001, state the URL where the information can be found, http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/t4001/README.html and the page number, if applicable

· if you are referencing the course material, state the course name, chapter and page number where the information can be found

This written assignment is worth 7.5% of your final mark. This assignment must be completed and submitted to your instructor by 11:59 a.m. (Central Time) on the due date.

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Note: Late assignments will not be graded.