Supporting each other following the death of a colleague - Coping with death and grief during the Covid-19 pandemic
To help people understand their feelings and reaction if they do lose a colleague during this time
03 June 2020
Grief at any time is difficult and painful and even under normal circumstances the death of a colleague can be challenging and represent a significant loss.
The realities of Covid-19 means that there are additional challenges for people mourning the death of a colleague due to the lack of access to support from friends, family and colleagues.
The booklet gives advice on how to cope with returning to work following the death of a colleague and encourages employees to take advantage of the support that is available to them and allowing for the fact that work may be affected by the grieving process.
It encourages people to take the opportunity to consider marking the death through a memorial at either at work or at home, if that is someone’s current workplace, but also to plan for other remembrance activities in the future once the current crisis abates.