I would pay anyone demanding this type of bereavement leave double to stay gone. I would work night and day, making shady deals and shaking every dirty hand to secure for them their own private island and shower them in riches for them to stay gone.

Morale would improve, crime would plummet (filters out the useless shitheads), American production would improve, accomodating them to stay gone would then be a drop in the bucket - Lord knows they do not generally save money no matter how much you pump into them, so it circulates back quick.