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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who are all these people who supposedly have backup care when OPM closes? I couldn't get anyone out here. Luckily my office follows OPM, but I would have had to miss several days.

[b]Any company that would fire a working mom for having to take off a few days a year for childcare is a worthless place to work. You can't hire parents without some flexibility in this day and age. Also, if you are treating this mom more harshly than a father or an employee who took days off for other reasons, then you make be liable for caregiver discrimination.
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Also OP boasting about her 5 backup plans, and then it turns out she works PT? Yeah, f you.[/quote]

A company is justified in firing an employee if they have chronic absenteeism and their workload suffers.  Why should a working mom with childcare problems be exempt from this?

There are lots of people out there that would love to have that job and would be able to stay on top of their workload.

It is no different than someone saying that they have chronic absenteeism because they have transportation problems.  It's not the company's responsibility to then provide transportation or childcare options; perks like this, when offered, are earned.  Flexibility is one thing.  Perks are another.

It is an employee's (male or female, mom or dad) personal responsibility to handle their workload and earn their pay.[/quote]

It's fine as long as you have a uniform definition of "chronic absenteeism."  But it is absolutely worth making accommodations for working parents of small kids - because otherwise, how else are you going to employ people between the ages of 25-45?  I don't see why you'd retaliate against them for having to stay home because of snowdays if they are otherwise good employees.  You don't just throw away a good employee because they missed a few extra days in a year ... [/quote]

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