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tech companies are once again leading the charge in the employee benefits department base with announced it has extended the length of the bereavement period for employees who have lost a loved one and flexible leave time to care for a sick family member employees can now take up to 20 days off to mourn an immediate family member 10 days offer an extended member and up to six weeks off to care for a family member in need this is twice as much as before and way more than most private companies that allocate just a few days if any for this type of need the new policy went into effect January first but was publicly announced this week by company's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg during the makers conference in California the matter of bereavement hits especially close to home for Sandberg who lost her husband unexpectedly in 2015 I was grateful every day to work for a company that provides bereavement leave and flexibility I needed both to start my recovery she said in her facebook post tech companies like Facebook Google and Netflix have been longtime advocates of improving workers benefits to attract more talent in addition to free food and fancy work spaces they offer better health care options and more paid maternity and paternity leave up to one year in the case of Netflix in her message Sandberg also encouraged other companies to follow suit and support America's family