Time off for weddings :( problems at work.

waveydave79

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Lady_E

How awful and how incompetent of the duties/ops team. I would be inclined to go and see the HR with your two friends and calmly but clearly state the case for having the time off. I would take relevant copies of emails that have passed between managers and staff and explain how the lack of leave is going to have impact your big day and that you tried to give advance notice but there has been a mix up. Perhaps you could negotiate with other colleagues not going to the wedding that could swap shifts to accomodate the wedding/celebrations.

Sorry I cant think of anything else practical to do.

Good luck for the big day

Lillibet_2

You need to find out who your point of contact is in HR & speak with them directly, hopefully if calmly & consiely explained they may be able to assist you.

Good luck;)

arthur_dent_2

When my now husband worked part time and contractless (they wuld not give him a contract and that is illegal on thier part) for a very well known bookmakers, they would not let him have any time off for our wedding at all. Eventually they said he could have a few hours off for the ceremony, but he had to do a shift later that day and as for a honeymoon forget it. Suffice to say that that was when we first started out selling on Yahoo auctions and later Ebay.

If you do not work for yourself, unfortunately companies can pretty much do as they please.

Agutka

arthur_dent wrote: »

Eventually they said he could have a few hours off for the ceremony, but he had to do a shift later that day and as for a honeymoon forget it.

:eek::eek::eek:
That is shocking!

As is your situation OP, are you all getting paid enough for being indispensible?

Lillibet_2

arthur_dent wrote: »

If you do not work for yourself, unfortunately companies can pretty much do as they please.

Whilst they can, most are run by human beings & will try to accomodate you in this kind of situation. It's mostly just a case of talking to the right person who both understands the problem & has the authority to deal with it, no point talking to soemone who hasn't got the authority to sign off on leave etc.

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amazamum

I would just like to say good luck and I hope you get everything sorted.
I know how you feel,OH couldn't have the day off for his 40th later this year,even though there is only one person off on his department and their hours do not clash at all,I can see a sicky coming on.

arthur_dent_2

Thanks for the sympathy everyone, OH actually left the job that week and did not return, he had a job in a printers for a while after that but now we have our own Ebay business so all worked out well in the end.

OP hope you have a lovely wedding day surrounded by as many of your friends and family as is possible:)

waveydave79

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