Bereaved workers 'failed by firms'

%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Bereaved people in Britain are being "failed" by a lack of support in the workplace, a charity has warned.

The National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC) called on employers to do more to support workers who have lost a loved one after a poll found that almost a third who had been bereaved in the last five years did not feel they were treated with compassion by their bosses.