What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NY
Hello All,
I am actually asking this question for my mother who work for a small international bank in NYC.
Background:
She has been with this company for the past 25 to 30 years.
She is currently facing the following situation:
My brother will be getting married next year and we will need to be out of the US for 3 weeks for the wedding and therefore she submitted a request for vacation for August of 2009.
The issue is that her supervisor is also planning on taking a 3 weeks vacation during the same time and the problem is that both of them can not be out at the same time. Her supervisor seems pretty firm on the fact that he will be taking off and may not approve my mother's request because of that. However, my mom seeked approval for vacation first but then found out that her boss maybe doing the same.
I wanted to see what options my mother has in terms of taking the vacation. She will need to be at the wedding one way or the other.
I figure 10 months of notice is more than enough for planning and will it be legal if her supervisor rejected her request and take off himself? Will they need a reason to reject her request? I would assume the only reason would be workload related but if she is rejected, how can her supervisor take off?
Just a side note: my mother has been with the company way longer than her supervisor and that her supervisor's boss believe my mom should be approved for the vacation but she will not step in to resolve the issue.
I was hoping to hear what anyone has to say.
Thanks for all your help.
Ed
Hello All,
I am actually asking this question for my mother who work for a small international bank in NYC.
Background:
She has been with this company for the past 25 to 30 years.
She is currently facing the following situation:
My brother will be getting married next year and we will need to be out of the US for 3 weeks for the wedding and therefore she submitted a request for vacation for August of 2009.
The issue is that her supervisor is also planning on taking a 3 weeks vacation during the same time and the problem is that both of them can not be out at the same time. Her supervisor seems pretty firm on the fact that he will be taking off and may not approve my mother's request because of that. However, my mom seeked approval for vacation first but then found out that her boss maybe doing the same.
I wanted to see what options my mother has in terms of taking the vacation. She will need to be at the wedding one way or the other.
I figure 10 months of notice is more than enough for planning and will it be legal if her supervisor rejected her request and take off himself? Will they need a reason to reject her request? I would assume the only reason would be workload related but if she is rejected, how can her supervisor take off?
Just a side note: my mother has been with the company way longer than her supervisor and that her supervisor's boss believe my mom should be approved for the vacation but she will not step in to resolve the issue.
I was hoping to hear what anyone has to say.
Thanks for all your help.
Ed