Receiving a terminal diagnosis can be the most difficult news someone will ever hear, and yet few employers have developed support for employees with a terminal illness.
CIPD research with Simplyhealth shows that just a third of organisations have specific provisions for workers with a terminal illness, such as a policy, guidance or line manager training.
We don’t typically talk about serious illness in society, let alone death and dying, and this stigma spills into the workplace. Often, people are afraid to talk about sensitive issues for fear of saying the wrong thing and so they say nothing at all, which can feel very isolating.
