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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have a right to use your leave, but your boss generally has the right to approve or deny WHEN you use it.  Earning leave does not usually mean you get to take off whenever you want.

But, the boss must be reasonable. If you submit leave requests every month, and it's denied every month because "this isn't a good time", that is effectively denying your use of leave at all.

How long are you covering for the person on leave? If it's a short leave, or if you are trading off with someone and this happens to be your week, then the denial is reasonable. If you are covering for 6 months, and your boss is saying that you can't take any leave at all for those 6 months, that is not reasonable and you should talk to HR to ask for more information on the policy. [/quote]

The person is going on maternity leave in October. They’re going on maternity leave for 3 months, then using an additional 4 weeks of their leave to add on an additional month of leave.  They want me to basically start to cover everything they’re doing from mid-Sept as they ramp down before maternity leave and through to Feb 2024.  Yes, so that’s effectively restricting my use of my earned leave for 4-5 months.  How the hell could  I possibly use my leave earlier like all of the stupid other posters claim.  A) you don’t even know about maternity leave until a person is like 9-10 months pregnant and you still need a lot more time to plan leave and make sure you can coordinate with your spouse, and B) it has to overlap with a fall wedding like I already mentioned. [/quote]

I'm beginning to think that OP is a troll or a tween mimicking their parent's frustration. Tell me more about being 9-10 months pregnant?[/quote]

Yes it was a typo.  I meant weeks.  The point being you cannot preemptively use your leave until you know a person is pregnant and they’ve announced their due dates and intentions for maternity leave until 9-10 weeks into their pregnancy.  But then you still need time to coordinate leave schedules with your own spouse and to book deals for flights etc. You can’t just drop what you’re doing to go take leave within a very narrow time window before a person goes on maternity leave but only after they announce their pregnancy and intentions.  [/quote]

BS. 9-10 weeks pregnant is well before anyone usually announces a pregnancy at work. It is way, way before anyone planning for maternity leave. You were actually more correct the first time, but you clearly don't know what you're talking about regarding the window.

You are correct that if you are being denied any use of scheduled leave between September and February, that is unfair. If you are also being told that you are going to lose accrued PTO at the end of the year but also that you cannot take any PTO by the end of the year, that is potentially illegal.

You have not been specific at all anywhere in this thread about that, though. You continue to be hung up on this being your colleague's fault for taking maternity leave. It's not. Stop being bitter - you are a caricature of a childfree colleague at this point. Your issue is with poorly communicated corporate policy, nefarious corporate behavior, or your specific supervisor. Leave your colleague out of it, and quit talking about pregnancy like it's something you know about.[/quote]

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