Legal Question in Employment Law in Florida

Labor Laws

I began working at a company

here in Florida 2.5 weeks ago.

On my first day I explained to

the supervisor that I had

arranged a trip to NY for 5 days

for my anniversary and a trip to

Central America for another 5

days. These were planned

much in advanced, flight and

hotel were already paid for.

During my 2 week training

period I continued to ask what

was the situation with these

dates I would be missing and

they would just tell me that

they would figure it out later.

Now that the trip is

approaching, I asked once

again and I was told that I

would need to find someone to

cover every single shift within a

2 hour period. Do they have

the authority to fire me even

though I told them about these

pre-planned trips 2.5 weeks

ago?


Asked on 3/17/09, 11:05 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Alan Wagner Wagner, McLaughlin & Whittemore P.A.

Re: Labor Laws

Unless this was a part of your agreement (and it does not sound like it was) then they can reequire you to get cover of fire you if you do not work as scheduled. "We'll deal with it later" is insufficient and, in any event, they did deal with it later. They are allowing you to leave, you just need to make arrangements to do so. It would have been best if you made the time away part of your contract, however, had you so insisted they may not have ever hired you.

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Answered on 3/18/09, 12:00 am


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