PAUSE for Businesses
Helping you support grieving employees
PAUSE for Businesses equips companies with custom, culturally-specific grief resources for their employees who are People of Color.
Want to create compassionate and productive environments for employees who are People of Color? Provide bereavement and end-of-life resources that serve their unique identity.
Course #1: A plan for companies in a changing world
How to setup a modern, inclusive bereavement policy/response
On-demand video course and downloadable resources to guide your leaders, managers, and teams through grief in the workplace.
On-demand video course covers:
How to adopt a modern, inclusive definition of grief
5 benefits to a modern and inclusive bereavement policy
Simple and impactful updates for bereavement policies
Guidance for how to help employees reintegrate after bereavement leave
Supplemental materials (PDFs) include:
Scripting: How to support employees with compassionate grief-informed language (guides for 1-1s, announcements, and team meetings)
Checklist: Creating an inclusive bereavement response
Resource list: National bereavement, grief, and death resources list
Worksheet: How to create a system for providing 12+ months of comprehensive bereavement support based on your team’s capacity and budget
Course #2: Supporting your employees through grief
How to hold space for grieving employees with attention to their unique identity
On-demand video course and downloadable resources to guide your leaders, managers, and teams through grief in the workplace.
On-demand video course covers:
How to adopt a modern, inclusive definition of grief
How grief shows up differently based on our unique identities and experiences (race, gender, location, class, religion, etc.)
How grief impacts the workplace
Supplemental materials (PDFs) include:
Scripting: Conversation guide of what to say/not to say when supporting grievers
Exercise: How to identify what kind of grief resources might be needed
Resource list: National bereavement, grief, and death resources list based on identity
Worksheet: How to prepare HR leaders and managers for holding grief-informed spaces
Course #3: How to lead ERGs through grief and loss
Supporting grieving employees based on their unique identities and lived experiences
On-demand video course and downloadable resources to guide ERG (Employee Resource Group) leaders through supporting employees with grief and loss.
On-demand video course covers:
Defining grief
The importance of ERG leaders being equipped to support folks through grief and loss
5 recommendations for hosting a grief-informed space following an internal or external crisis
How collective grief impacts the workplace
Supplemental materials (PDFs) include:
Scripting: Guidance for leading grief-informed spaces following an internal or external crisis
Exercise: How to identify what kind of grief resources might be needed based on identity
Resource list: National bereavement, grief, and death resources list based on identity
Worksheet
Would you like 1-1 support for your business or HR team?
Reach out about working with PAUSE on custom:
Bereavement policy and response audits
Specific resource list recommendations to support your team’s unique demographics
Additional trainings for your leadership team, managers, HR leaders, or general staff
Scripting and role-playing to address specific bereavement-related circumstances
and more!