HR pressures employee returning from 3 years of medical leave to input all of their time-off requests once they return to work, then gets mad when they use all 75 accrued days: ‘Still makes me smile like a maniac’

Medical leave is an essential benefit when you're working a full-time job. Not everyone has a generous savings account and a village to fall back on when the going gets tough, so having paid medical leave keeps their lives afloat while they focus on resting, healing, and making their new normal work.

Some places in the world have more employee protections than others, but we're not here to give you a rundown of that; this is a mere fact. The employee in the next story explains that they're from Germany, where their PTO continues to accrue even if they are on medical leave for a certain period of time. Whether you agree or disagree with this policy, that's up to you. But the proof is in the pudding, and this employee has the court rulings to back up their decision to cash in all 75 of their PTO days when their HR forces them to do so upon returning to work.

So, who's to blame here? Well, there's not one single person to blame, but rather, policy (if you think it's crooked). Us? We think the employee is exercising what's allowed in their country. Scroll to get the details.

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