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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
Oh, so you are one of those people... 
I had a guy, who after one month of employment asked for half of September off to celebrate the Jewish high holidays (the guy was as Scottish as they get, but nonetheless). I allowed the time-off without pay. He threatened to file a Human Rights complaint. We paid him for two weeks just to avoid having to deal with that thing and then fired him before his probationary period expired. |
I never said I was in support of what happens. In my example, the silly employer deserved it. In your example, there are much larger issues at stake. For example, had he wanted Christmas off till New Years because he was Christian.....