The organization is planning to implement a company-wide policy with respect to bereavement leave that provides the same benefits to all employees, regardless of their province/territory of employment or their length of employment. As Payroll Supervisor, prepare a memo to JoAnn Martin, the Human Resources Manager that responds to the following two points.

Identify four specific items relating to bereavement leave that will have to be addressed in the policy to ensure compliance with the employment/labour standards in each jurisdiction.

Provide your recommendations to Ms. Martin on how to address each of these items in the policy to provide the employees with the best benefit, while keeping the cost to the organization at a minimum. Please explain your reasoning.