Human Resources committee  I think it would be helpful to remove the need to have the medical certificate signed by a physician in the case of bereavement. I don't feel that physicians should have the choice of whether or not you are entitled to have this 15 weeks off just because they don't think it's a l

Human Resources committee  I think having a separate bereavement benefit would be beneficial for situations such as mine. My husband was forced to go back to work after a week. If there were individual benefits for both parents.... Our hands were tied. They wouldn't sign the forms. We went to see a physici

Human Resources committee  I think a dedicated line would be a wonderful idea. I also think it's really important to point out that sometimes when people are on sick leave they can't afford to keep their health benefits through their work. When I was off on sick leave, we financially couldn't afford to k

Human Resources committee  Good morning, everybody. As Paula said, my name is Jessica Weatherbee. I'm a registered nurse. My son's name is Vincent. He was our first child. He was born at 23 weeks gestation and passed shortly after birth in my husband's arms. Imagine this: You're a father and you've jus