[Advice Needed] Work refused time off to look after baby.

ILW

Take too much time off for this sort of thng and your employr may decide they can get by without you.

thegirlintheattic

Babysitter, local childminder who has a space...have you considered these? Is there a friend or aunt/uncle/cousin who could take care of the baby.

I think the best option is to take the baby with her (it's expected) and pay for a mini-cab if she cannot handle public transport.

AbstruseAlan

It's really nice reading various views and opinions and I can fully understand and appreciate each one.

However, I'm asking for 1 hour 30 mins off unpaid. I've been at the job 2 years and I was shocked to hear they'd refused. It's also a double blow when I offer to do so much overtime including stock takes, 14 hour shifts etc and inreturn, given no repayment whatsoever.

KiKi

AbstruseAlan wrote: »

It's really nice reading various views and opinions and I can fully understand and appreciate each one.

However, I'm asking for 1 hour 30 mins off unpaid. I've been at the job 2 years and I was shocked to hear they'd refused. It's also a double blow when I offer to do so much overtime including stock takes, 14 hour shifts etc and inreturn, given no repayment whatsoever.

ITA that it's very frustrating when you give so much flexibility to a company, but it's not returned.

See how it goes tomorrow - it sounds like your boss was sympathetic, but the deputy manager just refused. Perhaps they weren't given all the details, or don't know about how flexible you've been for them.

Hopefully you'll get a yes - tell your boss you're prepared to work some (more) overtime if necessary(!), otherwise it will be absolutely fine for your OH to take the baby with her. And if you feel less inclined to help the company out in the future, then so be it!

Congratulations on becoming a daddy.
KiKi

Sambucus_Nigra

AbstruseAlan wrote: »

It's really nice reading various views and opinions and I can fully understand and appreciate each one.

However, I'm asking for 1 hour 30 mins off unpaid. I've been at the job 2 years and I was shocked to hear they'd refused. It's also a double blow when I offer to do so much overtime including stock takes, 14 hour shifts etc and inreturn, given no repayment whatsoever.

Stop offering to do so much overtime etc unless you can take it as TOIL for events such as these. Document every extra hour. It's very petty of them so ask the question 'what can I do to leave a couple of hours early, bearing in mind all the overtime I've done, the stocktaking, the 14 hours shifts etc etc?'

smileylondongal

How did you get on?