Employment experts Acas have released guidance for employers for managing bereavement. Bereavement can affect employees in many ways, including having a detrimental effect emotionally, physically and psychologically.

The Government is being urged to re-invigorate its efforts to tackle sickness absence and implement the recommendations of the Frost/Black Review as a matter of urgency, amidst new evidence that the long term downward trend in absence rates has plateaued.