# How to set up bereavement leave

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Bereavement leave (also known as compassionate leave) is typically an amount of leave that can be taken for each instance of death or life-threatening injury to an immediate family member. It is an example of a type of leave that does not accrue, cannot be paid out and is therefore not a financial entitlement that can be accounted-for in advance. It occurs on an ad-hoc basis and cannot be predicted or scheduled.