HR begs employees to donate their vacation days to coworker on medical leave: 'Nah. My PTO is my PTO'

Whatever happened to the idea that the purpose of human resources is to protect employees? Unfortunately, the truth of the matter is that HR's number one concern is always the company at large. Even when it comes to providing benefits for their workers, nine times out of ten, those benefits are only provided as a way of benefiting the overall image and reputation of the company rather than coming from a place of genuine care and concern for the wellbeing of the folks who come to work every day.

Keep scrolling below for this latest HR debacle, in which a loyal employee who had been working at the company for over two decades was denied the full amount of time he needed for his medical leave. Don't worry, it only gets worse from there…

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    "HR is asking that you consider donating some PTO time"
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  • Imagine hearing about the treatment of this loyal coworker through the grapevine and then receiving this email from the head of human resources…

    The email literally asks employees to donate their extra vacation time to this coworker's medical leave so that they can focus on getting healthier and figuring out when to get back to the office. Once again, the focus here is all wrong. HR simply wants to ensure that the sick employee gets healthy so they can begin performing their daily work responsibilities again. Meanwhile, the total lack of care for their actual health is about as transparent as it can get… 

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    "My buddy got this email from his work. Tasteless"

    7:48 PM CH Το and All Employees ! LEAVE DONATION REQUEST FORM PDF - 147 KB Dear Team, Currently we have a long-term employee, 28 years dedicated, who has recently had a medical issue causing her to miss many weeks of work.
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    From time-to-time will hold a PTO Donation Campaign when we have a team member who needs some assistance. HR is asking you to consider donating some PTO time to our team member to make her recovery less stressful and hopefully allow her to focus on her ability to return to work soon.
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    Thank you for your consideration! If you would like to donate, please return the attached PTO donation form to HR@ .com. Campaign Dates: February 27 - March 5, you can donate anytime)! (but
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    Machuck94 11 hr. ago Here an idea, after 28 years of service the company could tell the employee "hey, you have been so dedicated to us, and we are your to take care of you in your time of need". Of course not, they go to their wage to guilt trip them into giving up their PTO. Shameful.
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    StopFalse Reporting 10 hr. ago I wish laws were changed so if you had a medical reason to miss work they were required to pay you. Until laws are changed these companies will not behave ethically on their own
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    noro_gre . 9 hr. ago Brazilian labor law has this rule, and even makes it illegal to fire an employee while they are on medical leave without a just cause
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    If the employee does not recover and can't go back to work, they retire early and will earn a pension until they become fit to go back to work
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    I've seen how much these things help keep people on their feet, with food on their table and dignity even in their worst moments It is extremely expensive for the companies and government, but it's worth it
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    ticapnews 10 hr. ago Imagine if we lived in a country where people didn't have to donate their PTO to a sick colleague...
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    Duuudechill 9 hr. ago idle I'm at a loss for words.Literally felt my heart skip a few beats reading this. Not only do I feel this is legal and it shouldn't be legal but I'm also just wondering after working so many hours to earn that pto time how many people who need that time will give that time up?
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    The person on medical leave has rights but the company wants to put coworkers against each to not help out a "dedicated" employee.
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    28 solid friggin years of her life to those scumbags and they can't even say hey we got you the company will give back to you for all you've done for the company.
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    scotty_puff_jr . 9 hr. ago For the price of one first-class plane ticket, an upper-level exec could cover several weeks of PTO for this employee and buy themselves a decent chunk of goodwill in the process. Surely that's a trivial sacrifice when a member of the "family" has an accident, right?
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    GreenPlasticWaterCan 8 hr. ago. edited 8 hr. ago The number of Americans in here that are so brainwashed that they think this is ok.... What the actual...
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    You really think senoir management is going to donate anything? Donating a combined day's worth of pay from the C-suite would probably cover this employee for the year. But let's make the employees pay for it.
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    maniatiko 9 hr. ago Instead of just giving her more days themselves, they act like it's an actual tangible thing you are donating.
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    laburnum_weekends 10 hr. ago I work in state government and shared/donated leave is absolutely a thing.
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    Imaginary_Relative 9 hr. ago. This is gross. Also I would have reported this as a phishing attempt.
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    Nightshader5877 - 9 hr. ago Nah. My PTO is MY PTO. Gotta take care of myself here, and if they want, they could ask their ceo or big boss if they can donate.
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