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There's gotta be more to that story than what you are letting on. If the company is so bad why not just quit?
 
Hockey Puck said:
SSinner - You had the legal right to apply for FMLA when your wife had a baby to take off the limited time that you wanted. of course it would have been without pay. Not sure on exactly how much time you could have taken, but I believe in that case you could have had 6 weeks.
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I think its actually 6 months, could be wrong though.
 
Yea i find this shocking. Getting denied for birth of a child... Something stinks.. Did you call corporate???????? If they knew about this heads would have rolled. So whats the real story????????????????????????????
 
rubber duck said:
Did you call corporate???????? If they knew about this heads would have rolled.
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Yeah, right.

Why should they get involved? They only concern themselves with issues at individual terminals when it starts costing them money.
 
FMLA is 12 weeks no pay in a rolling 12 month period beginning when you 1st take off..I have had FMLA here at r&l due to health issues..they never complained ..gave me my old bid back when I returned..has to be more to story as to the real reason why. I do know if you are a new hire and still on probation/ they are very strict about time off except for death in immediate family..If the terminal is new or very small you can look not to have approved time off./ just take off and sign the write up...reminds me of the Green Machine I was a member of...just BS / and learn to work around it ..HOOOO RAHHH..:cool:
 
I did take the right up for taking 2 days.I also didnt have anything on my record after 2 and half years with the company. I didnt call corporate because I needed the job at the time and didnt want to risk pissing of the management. I really had it easy and still do, but I have already found a new job. All of a sudden they dont have enough drivers in Chicago and Elgin. I wonder if that could be because they have run off 50 percent of the guys that were there when I started. just so everyone knows, i didnt post this to be a whinner, I have over 25 years experience in trucking. I just want to be treated with respect by management, not told i guess I didnt plan properly by using my 3 lousey sick days when I had pnemonia. Thats what i was told when i asked for my weeks vacation when my son was born. My one lousey weeks vacation,I didnt plan properly!
 
if you have been here that long/ I have to agree writing you up for that was cruel.. did not plan properly// where have I heard that one from..ahhh so..3rd marines 1969 somewhere in virus infected jungle..I did not plan properly when my feet were rotting off due to being wet for 30 days straight.:nutkick: .works for me..:duh:
 
SSinner said:
I did take the right up for taking 2 days.I also didnt have anything on my record after 2 and half years with the company. I didnt call corporate because I needed the job at the time and didnt want to risk pissing of the management. I really had it easy and still do, but I have already found a new job. All of a sudden they dont have enough drivers in Chicago and Elgin. I wonder if that could be because they have run off 50 percent of the guys that were there when I started. just so everyone knows, i didnt post this to be a whinner, I have over 25 years experience in trucking. I just want to be treated with respect by management, not told i guess I didnt plan properly by using my 3 lousey sick days when I had pnemonia. Thats what i was told when i asked for my weeks vacation when my son was born. My one lousey weeks vacation,I didnt plan properly!
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Respect by management not in our life time:Bondage:
 
SSinner said:
. Thats what i was told when i asked for my weeks vacation when my son was born. My one lousey weeks vacation,I didnt plan properly!
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Well, I hate to pay devil's advocate here, but you did see this coming in advance.
Pregnancy can be a surprise, but generally childbirth is fairly predictable.
Just how close were you to the due date when you asked for the time off?
 
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