Employee forced to work on his wedding day after having the leave approved months ago: 'His manager cryptically threatened to fire him if he didn’t work on his wedding day and honeymoon'

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    Being forced to work on wedding day...leave approved months ago Hey everyone, I'm new here. A buddy of mine is getting married this weekend. He's had a really rough life, but he found a good woman and we're all super happy for him. Anyways, he's a middle manager at his company and had his leave approved for this week and next weekend since February, six months ahead.
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    Yesterday, he was informed that due to another middle manager getting injured off duty, he will need to come in this weekend and at least half of next week (his scheduled honeymoon). Obviously, he pushed back on his boss. and explained (though he shouldn't need to) that this is his wedding day and honeymoon, the leave was approved half a year ago, there are people from all over the country who cleared their schedules to be here, and thousands of
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    dollars were invested in this. He was simply told that he's a manager, so he needs to set the example and show he is serious about his obligations to the company. His manager cryptically threatened to fire him if he didn't work on his wedding day and honeymoon. He lives and works in North Carolina. Is this legal? Does anybody have experience or someone to contact to fix this? He really needs this job, so responses that say, "Just quit," won't be helpful. In the immediate, looking for any sort of
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    PudgyElderGod 9 hr. ago Tell your buddy that his job will not remember this sacrifice. It will not save him when he's on the chopping block. His partner though? She'll remember if he tries to work during the honey moon, and she'll sure as ………….. remember if he works during the wedding day. Folks from all over the country have come out to see this wedding. Explain the situation to at least some of them and try to scrounge up some scratch for him to survive until he finds a new job.
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    Just don't let him miss his wedding for a job that does not value him enough to honour time off for a wedding. They could fire his a month from now and then he'd have nothing. BlazinWasian757 OP 9 hr. ago You're so right. A lot of friends have counseled me the same way. "You're a bad friend if you let him miss his wedding day for work." For sure. I was just seeing if options exist legally to avoid that, but given the comments I'm seeing, he's going to have to make do on the threat and let them f
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    swishkabobbin · 10 hr. ago • There are 3 characters in your story. One is injured. One is getting married. And one seems totally available to step in. Problem solved. Boss man can work.
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    Asherdan 9 hr. ago • Many years ago I had scheduled my wedding and honeymoon, then my employer decided to perform a CMS upgrade as well as some server updates (to a good old Glenayre paging terminal) during the time I had scheduled off. I told them to shove it up their and I ran it up to the level of ownership by walking in their offices and telling them that I would not be there.
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    I'm still happily married, that company is gone and so are all the people that went with it. So what I'm saying here is, OP needs to give their a tug, and help their buddy to get their priorities squared away. Tell them no, the wedding and honeymoon are not negotiable, and take it as far up the management ladder as possible.
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    Figgins29 the job off, marry the woman, enjoy the honeymoon. Archbold87 8 hr. ago Instructions unclear. Married the job and honeymoon. up the
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    Underpaid23.9 hr. ago Nope. He CANT negotiate. If he gives up his wedding they will have ZERO issue having him work during the birth of his child or during his parents funeral. This is one of those moments in life where a person just has to take a hit. It'll but it'll be less ' painful in the long run. Edit to say don't tell him to quit. They can fire him or let him go on his honeymoon.
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    km_4823 9 hr. ago Unfortunately there isn't really a solution here. What the boss is doing to completely legal. By attending the wedding and honeymoon, it's very likely he will lose his job if his boss makes good on the threat. However it could just be that, an empty threat. Any boss that would do this is not someone you would want to work for anyway, so if he does keep his job, I'd recommend looking for another one after the honeymoon. I'm sorry he's in this situation.
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    • Dropdeadfred23 · 10 hr. ago Yes it's legal. Your buddy will want to start looking for another job.
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    Proper-District8608 · 9 hr. ago Does his boss have a boss? I'd take it up with them if so. The firing is most likely an empty threat, but still is a dastardly move.
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    NCC1701-Enterprise 9 hr. ago He absolutely can be fired, however as long as he has documentation that the time off was approved then they won't be able to fire him for cause so he will be able to get unemployment.
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    Acrobatic-Rate4271 9 hr. ago • Your friend's manager is absolutely correct, your friend has the opportunity to set an example for the other workers. For this reason your friend should politely decline to reschedule his wedding and honeymoon.

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