A BILL seeking to provide bereavement leave to workers was filed at the House of Representatives last month, a measure allowing employees to attend funeral arrangements of their departed family members without facing work penalties.
House Bill (HB) No. 11120 would grant employees who have rendered at least a month of work a maximum of three days of bereavement leave, which will not be charged against their remaining leave credits.
“Every employee, including probationary employees, who have rendered at least one month of service shall be entitled to a bereavement leave not exceeding three working days, which shall commence on the death of an immediate family member,” proposed the bill, which Muntinlupa Rep. Jaime R. Fresnedi filed on Nov. 20.
“The leave granted under this provision shall not be charged against any existing leave credits provided to that employee,” it added.
Lawmakers have repeatedly attempted to provide workers with bereavement leave, but their proposals have always been mothballed in the previous Congresses. — Kenneth Christiane L. Basilio
