If someone asks for vacation, can the company deny the employee to use it on the day they request?
Example: I will be out for maternity leave and before returning would like to use vacation time to extend the time I am home. Can the employeer say that they can't give out the vacation or let me take it at that time?

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Originally Posted by tinkerbell77

Just a question beyond this. If someone asks for vacation, can the company deny the employee to use it on the day they request?
Example: I will be out for maternity leave and before returning would like to use vacation time to extend the time I am home. Can the employeer say that they can't give out the vacation or let me take it at that time?

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If other employees have previously requested the time and itwill leave the company shorthanded, they can refuse a vacation request. This should be spelled out in the vacation policy.

P.S. its nota good idea to piggyback on someone else's thread. That's why I requested this be moved to its own thread.

Again this is a company policey issue, and what industry you work at. For example as a police officer we may have to work 3 shifts straight if we were short handed, or even if you called in sick you could be ordered to report to work anyway.

And vacation could be cancelled at a last minute.

Even my current company for example will not allow vacatoins on the last week of a month ( their busy sell days) And they will deny vacation at times.

Now if your company allows vacation to be used for the Family and medical leave ( federal program) they can not deny you time off for approved reasons.

Also company past practice could require them to do things also.