Many employees are navigating profound experiences with little or no workplace support.

CompassionWorks is part of a growing shift in how we understand care and community in society.

Compassionate workplaces aren’t just kind—they’re strategic, resilient, and cost-effective.

Grief, caregiving, change, and loss are part of life, and they walk through your workplace doors every day. Organisations that are prepared to support their people through these experiences see measurable benefits in wellbeing, retention, and productivity.

WHY IT MATTERS

Whether it’s a personal loss, a caring responsibility, or the death of a colleague, how we respond to grief at work shapes everything—from wellbeing to retention. Creating a grief-aware, compassion-led culture isn’t just the right thing to do—it’s smart, sustainable leadership.

Workplaces that acknowledge and support grief and loss see real, measurable benefits:

  • Improved mental wellbeing and emotional resilience

  • Greater staff retention and loyalty

  • Reduced absenteeism and presenteeism

  • Stronger team cohesion and morale

  • Higher levels of trust in leadership

  • More inclusive, connected workplace culture