Urgent leave not approved !!

qidaz SG

My husband has been working for DHL for seven years. He is a very hard-working employee who hardly falls sick and apply leave unnecessarily. As the government encourages singaporeans to have more children, we supported their program and now we have 3 kids age ranging from 6 years old to 5 months old. A couple of weeks ago, my youngest child fall sick and my husband had to take urgent leave. His boss was unhappy with him for taking urgent leave. He even told my husband that since i'm not working, i should be able to handle my 3 kids alone. From my point of view, when my child is healthy, it wouldn't be a problem for me to take care of them single-handedly, but when they fall sick, i really need my husband help and support. Is he really not entitled to all the perks such as child sick leave when we have proof of our child being warded. Or is it because DHL is a private company so singapore government policies don't apply. Is this fair ? please enlighten us on what we should do. thank you.

Siliconchip SG

If you are a homemaker, I don't see why you can't take care of the 3 kids on your own.

mancha SG

The boss is unhappy about the urgent leave or refuse to approve the urgent leave.

If he is unhappy, ignore him, for family comes first. If he does not approve the leave, tell him to take the matter higher. if the need is genuine there is nothing to fear.

It the abuse that the company is against.

angel7030 SG

I thot paternative child leaves is compulsory up to 6 days per year, I give that to my male employees who got children up to 6 years old. If DHL dun like, go to United Parcel lah, do not assume that you owe the company a living, there are many other things outside that your husband can do, can be Taxis driving, heard it is doing very well, take class 5 and drive containers, paid very good too, or be crane operator at PSA, paid also very high, bonus more than 6 months, the problem with peoples still think loyalty is the name of the game in organisation, hello, today hire and fire is common, resign and change of career is olso very common hor. Even Minister hv to change job, so tell you husband to resign lah.

jojobeach SG

Your boss is either a empty nester for a long time or no child in his marriage. Abviously a total control freak. You stay at home or not it's not his business to know and not his business to dictate leave based on your family situation.

Work for a boss who is also a parent and you will not likely have this problem. They tend to be more understanding to family issues/emergencies.

Some boss likes to throw their weight around.. even when your employment contract includes paternity leave.. they can make life difficult for you later , if you insist on taking the leave when he refused to budge.

Send a note to HR and have this documented, just in case.

angel7030 SG

Govt granted 6 days paternity leaves to men as part of promoting family balance and birthrate increase.

Govt did not grant Urgent leaves hor. Urgent leaves is still subject to your superior approval, but the usual geninue case would had go first, apply later.

jojobeach SG

Govt granted 6 days paternity leaves to men as part of promoting family balance and birthrate increase.

Govt did not grant Urgent leaves hor. Urgent leaves is still subject to your superior approval, but the usual geninue case would had go first, apply later.

Gov or company policies.. whatever rules or regulations...cannot protect a worker from asshole bosses.

We are dealing with people here.. be more flexible and understanding and good workers will reciprocate with better quality and productivity.

His boss need to go for coaching sessions on "How to be a better boss".

likeyou SG

TS, bear this in mind. It is the employers world. Business doesnt care a damn on employees so long as the company makes profits. True that GM, CEO, COO wants teamwork or cooperation o more interaction among the staff, the root of problems usually lies with the department manager behaviour approach.

They are the one who makes the staff suffer, cannot take mc, cannot take urgent leave, cannot take half day leave, cannot clam ot this and that. And yet, he and his apple are able to.

That is the real world. Face it and move on TS.

I am sorry to hear your plight. I am sure many pple out there are facing the same problems as you.

angel7030 SG

Gov or company policies.. whatever rules or regulations...cannot protect a worker from asshole bosses.

We are dealing with people here.. be more flexible and understanding and good workers will reciprocate with better quality and productivity.

His boss need to go for coaching sessions on "How to be a better boss".

Huh, woei! sista, I am a boss ok, so you calling me axxhole ar?? Not all bosses are axxhole, me very good to my subordinates one, if family got problem, not say urgent leave, i personally send them home or go hospital with them. Cos I believe a caring employer bring about good employees.

Along the lines, some of these line management are promoted from the rank and file, soft courses will not change their way of managing, it is therefore important for bosses to promote the correct people, and usually they promote the one who carried him, can get job done but very weak in leadership. Technical skill does not imply that you are good in leadership skill, unfortuntely, in most organisation i been thru, they feel to identify the right person with true leadership skill, end up getting a person good in technical work to be leader/manager instead of making him a enginneer or special skill worker which suit him perfectly.

2 rules govern working life in Singapore

Rule 1, the Boss is alway right

Rule 2, if the Boss is wrong, see rule 1

jojobeach SG

2 rules govern working life in Singapore

Rule 1, the Boss is alway right

Rule 2, if the Boss is wrong, see rule 1

I not toking about you lah sista.

wayne471 SG

so his employer is putting money and efficiency as top priority, and intrinsic human needs second. He's very much like a lesser human to me.