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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m the OP and have been back several times. The bigger point is we have a process in this office. We have a leave planning calendar where everyone puts their anticipated out of office time. This is for coordination purposes only. If you want approved leave until it is formally requested in the T&A system and approved by your supervisor. By the regs I posted earlier, yes, employees have the right to schedule earned PTO, but the managers have the right to determine when that leave can be taken due the needs of the office.

The last week week of May is very busy. We have a trade delegation scheduled that week and it is also EER season. I cannot commit to giving both people time off until I have a bigger picture of the trade delegation demands. I will also be caught up in writing EERs for all the staff, not just these two.

I had asked the young woman with the plan to attend her friends wedding to take charge of the trade mission. She told me she had plans to travel that week. I said I would look into assigning it to another manager. However, she jumped ahead of me, worked her own deal without telling me, and then went ahead and announced she’d bought her tickets and planned to go. My senior managers were aghast at the disregard for procedure and authority. It’s really not our problem she bought tickets without have firm leave approval first.

Frankly, as a Dad who took time off for both my daughters’ HS and college graduations, I’m more likely to approve that employee’s request (she followed procedure) than the wedding one. It’s just wedding of a college friend.

We are just a flat organization that runs all loosey goosey. We do not have telework and in office work is required. That is something we cannot negotiate with the CEO. It is what it is.[b] We are also on 24/7 365. It is the nature of the work. You can be on call for anything that arises.[/b] [/quote]

I hope you're paying them well, because it sounds like you're expecting everything and giving nothing in return. 
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This sounds like an awful employer and you aren't a good manager, OP.

You describe the organization as a "flat" organization, that runs all "loosey goosey" but at the same time you are freaking out over these employees aren't following a leave procedure to a T, even though they are giving several month notice of their planned leave and are pro-actively working out solutions to cover their work when they are gone.  You and your organization are sending mixed messages to your employees by allowing it to remain "loosey goosey" culture.  
 
Also you express your disgust for "Millennials" and you are favor the one employee who you self-identify with, since "As a Dad, who took time off for both my daughters' HS and college graduations [you are] more likely to approve that employee's request."  It is very clear there you have some very strong unconscious (or perhaps conscious) bias' at play here that is impacting your ability to fairly manage your team.

On top of all of this, you require your employees to virtually be on call  24x7x365, but you disparage them for trying to use their EARNED leave, and block them altogether.  How does your organization handle paid time off?  Do you have a use it or lose it policy? Do you allow your employees to carry over unpaid leave?  If as an organization you make it impossible for employees to use their paid time off, you could be running afoul of state labor laws and your organization could be forced to pay out employees for unused paid time off.

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