Bereavement Leave: ___ hours for immediate family and ___ hours for extended family (extended is in-laws).

• A. 24 hours for immediate family and 16 hours for extended family
• B. 8 hours for immediate family and 8 hours for extended family
• C. 20 hours for immediate family and 10 hours for extended family
• D. 16 hours for immediate family and 24 hours for extended family

Answer: (A)

Bereavement leave usually scales with how close the relationship is to the person who died. Immediate family is considered closer, so policies commonly grant more time, while extended family (including in-laws) gets less.

The option with 24 hours for immediate family and 16 hours for extended family fits that pattern. It provides a full allotment for the most immediate relationships and a meaningful but smaller amount for extended relationships, which aligns with how organizations typically structure bereavement leave.

Other options either reduce the immediate-family allotment too much, equalize or reverse the distribution, or give more time to extended family, which goes against the common prioritization of closer relationships.