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The purpose of bereavement leave is to ensure that racing staff who suffer bereavement in their family are able to attend the funeral and deal with family and legal matters without the additional hardship of losing money. Racing staff shall be granted up to a maximum of five working days absence payable at the relevant consolidated wage in the event of the death of a spouse, civil partner, child, brother, sister or parent or other relation for whom they provide care at the discretion of the employer.
Employed parents and adults with parental responsibility who lose a child under 18 or have a stillbirth after 24 weeks of pregnancy have a right to two weeks statutory bereavement leave. Details from NTF and NARS.
In other cases, if the five days is insufficient or a serious family event has occurred which has not resulted in bereavement, the employer may at their discretion negotiate a period of unpaid leave to enable the outstanding personal matter to be dealt with.