Workplace Wellbeing: Advice on returning to work after a bereavement

There are 100 deaths a day in Ireland, and their loved-ones carry their pain into the workplace, so employers need to be more compassionate

Caroline Reidy: "A bereavement policy is helpful, because it defines employee entitlements and supports following the death of a loved one."

Death is inevitable. We all lose people we love and that loss affects how we live. Yet, our workplaces often lack the understanding and resources to support us through our grief.

Rachel Gotto helps people through their loss. The 55-year-old crisis coach and clinical hypnotherapist, from Galway, contrasts our response to grief with our response to a broken limb.