Mom was felled with a stroke in April of 1990. I came here from New York two times to assist in her care. The first time I took a week of vacation days off from my job at a certain bank where I had been employed at that time for nine years. My Supervisor wasn't so pleased at my absence because we were quite busy in our department.
The second time I asked for a month off to come to South Carolina to assist in Mom's care, and also to straighten out some business affairs. My Supervisor was furious that I had the gall to ask for more time off in such a short period after I had taken the first week off. (All of this happened before the Family Leave Act was initiated, I believe, in 1994.) I took the remaining of my vacation time, which was one week, plus, I took three weeks of unpaid leave. Of course I was in trouble with one of the managers when I went back to work.
My Manager said that I was on an Unauthorized Leave for that month, because if he had been at the bank and not on a business trip himself, he would not have granted me that time off, even if it was to care for my Mother. His reason being that Mom was not a part of my immediate household, and she resided in another state. My reasoning was she was still my Mom even if she lived on the other side of the moon. continued Part 3
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