"Facebook
employees will have up to 20 days paid leave to grieve an
immediate family member, up to 10 days to grieve an extended
family member," Sandberg said in a Facebook post.
Previously, the company's employees had 10 days paid leave for
immediate family and five for extended family.
Facebook also announced paid family sick time – three days to
take care of a family member with a short-term illness, like a
child with the flu.
(Reporting by Subrat Patnaik in Bengaluru; Editing by Bernard
Orr)
[© 2017 Thomson Reuters. All rights
reserved.] Copyright 2017 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
|