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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like you just submitted your leave request, but the maternity leave had already been submitted prior to yours, no?[/quote]

So friggin’ what.  It is MY [i][b]earned leave[/i][/b]. I’m not being compensated for the loss. Ridiculous.[/quote]

Take your leave at a different time so it doesn't overlap and therefore won't be denied.

Sounds like you waited too long.[/quote]

The leave is to roll in a mini vacation in prior to a fall wedding.  The wedding is far, so I’d like to take a few days off prior to the wedding so we can explore the area and make traveling that far worth it.  I cannot move a wedding date.

It’s not my responsibility to accommodate maternity leave so that I can use my earned leave.  If you are going to deny my leave, then I should be getting a cash payout at the end of the year. [/quote]

You aren't entitled to leave for a wedding. You can't go. Or you can go but must spend the money to travel without the extra time.

Maternity leave is mandated by the government. The company can't force someone on maternity leave back before their federally mandated FMLA period. This is true whether the leave is paid or unpaid. And it's not reasonable to expect your employer to hire a temp for you to take off a few days, unless your job is incredibly simply and easy.

This has nothing to do with "punishing" you for not having kids. It's a practical consideration based on relevant laws and liabilities. It's honestly only incidentally about children or who is a parent.[/quote]

I am entitled to my leave.  Wrong.  It is stipulated in my work contract that I get X number of days per year for leave as part of my compensation.  The employer is violating the contract they signed.[/quote]

If you really think that, run with it and see what happens.

You are entitled to your leave, but you aren't entitled to leave for this specific purpose. Unless you are actually being told you may not use ANY leave at all this year, and then will lose it at the end of the year (which I don't think is what is happening), you are not being denied leave. You are just being denied this specific request.

Look, you can throw a fit about this, but I'm not saying this to be mean. I'm telling you that this is how it is. Not all workplaces have these coverage issues -- some places staff up more, some accept that certain work just doesn't happen during an employee's leave, etc. If you don't like the way they handle it, look for a different job. But you seem convinced you have some kind of legal recourse here and again, unless you are truly being denied ANY way of using your leave, you don't. You have no legal entitlement to go to take those specific days off.[/quote]

Just another brainwashed employer who thinks it is perfectly acceptable for compensation theft.[/quote]

Answer this question: are you being denied taking ANY leave between now and the end of the year (resulting in you losing saved leave), or are you simply being denied this specific leave? If just this specific leave, it's not compensation theft at all and you are being a child.

Second question: regardless of which situation it is, have you simply asked HR if you can roll over this leave since your request to use it was denied? If you haven't and you are this worked up before even knowing for sure whether you are losing your leave, you are being a child.[/quote]

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