Originally Posted by Shanni4
Hi my husband has worked his way up to plant manager about 7 years ago. He has been with the company for 20 years now. Ever since he has been plant manager he has not had a vacation that the company offers of 1 week. The only vacation he got was about 5 years ago they sent us on a vacation but it had to be the week between Christmas and New Years. Thats the week the plant shuts down. He gets holiday pay and no sick days. So he'll use vacation days for that. He gets the one week at Christmas time only but not the extra one that is offered. His boss says the same thing that they need him. Not only that but since they do offer it they used to be able to cash it out. Now they can't.
We have lived the past 20 years not being able to plan anything because we never know when he'll be home.
Being plant manager he is the only one that can't take that vacation. Since we are only 15 min. from his work, I have asked him to ask his boss to let him take his vacation and go in in the morning and set things up. Plus he's only a phone call away. We wouldn't be able to go anywhere but at least he wouldn't have to work for a week at a job that has mandatory overtime.
I am grateful for the job. But he needs a break. He works between 60 to 80 hours a week.
My question is if they offer a vacation, do they have to follow through. My husband said he's saving them up in case he ever looses his job then he'll sue for them. Can he do that too??