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In times of need: Responding when grief strikes.

Article from: Employee Benefit News | September 15, 2006 | Copyright

Like an avalanche that spreads quickly across segments of a mountain, grief reaches far across a person's life. It has performance, productivity, safety and communication implications at work. It also can impact physical and mental health.

Grief is more than just mourning after a death; it also stems from divorce, job loss, miscarriage, illness, fractured relationships and natural disasters.

"There is a time in everyone's life when they need some help," says Gil Stricklin, founder of Marketplace Ministries, which provides chaplains to serve at worksites. "Everybody's got a problem, just had a problem or is getting ready to have a problem."

At the WorldatWork conference this spring, one attendee who lost two children spoke about how appreciative she was when her coworkers showed support and gave her time to grieve and rest …

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