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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your organization is so incredibly short staffed that there is literally no back up, plan for a situation where someone has a heart attack or is hospitalized or someone’s parent dies. The problem is not really with the employees. And the  same is true with the school system.  Ideally, there would be one or two highly trained individuals who are like permanent on-call substitutes for a school who can easily swap in when someone is out I’m saying this is someone who graded finals from a hospital room while high on narcotics because there was no one else who could fulfill that function. here  the problem is not with the teacher or the employee but with a system that has no Slack built in for emergencies which can and do happen. [/quote]

What is with all these silly posts equating planned leave with emergencies. The procedure for requesting leave through a manager is in place so that planned leave requests can be MANAGED ahead of time and don't create emergencies. It is silly to assume businesses should run such that planned leave results emergencies.[/quote]

The point is that claiming the office can’t function during vacations is a false argument. Emergencies come up and are handled, so something with months notice should be fine. [/quote]

Businesses CAN function but [b]why would you CHOOSE to function in an "emergency" state?[/b] Just because something is possible doesn't make it reasonable. Is it ok to inconvenience you, ask you to do more, and cause you stress if I know you can handle it?

The people unable to understand the need for a leave policy are the exact ones who would complain when they are asked to do anything extra.

In OPs case I agree they have months to sort this out but procedures for requesting and approving leave are in place for a very good reason and anyone who can't see this is blinded by their self importance. [/quote]

Sigh. Two months notice is not an emergency. Two people being gone once in a blue moon is not an emergency. The same levers that could be pulled in an emergency can now be orchestrated months in advance.[/quote]

I used the quote function to respond to a specific post, not OPs

There are plenty of people on this thread who seem to object to any leave policy that requires approval

In my post did you not read the last line that I said that OP has two months to sort this out. GEEZ, read better.

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I think the point is that unless you work in an environment that requires scheduling, like medical/LEO/retail, there are very few jobs that can’t manage a few days absence by two employees at the same time.  Op wants them to submit leave requests so he can reject one.   It’s hard to believe that whatever TPS reports/widget production these people do can’t be handled by the remaining employees or op themselves, to a level that it justifies one employee missing a wedding or another employee missing their child’s high school graduation. [/quote]

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