My husband was denied his 28 days vacation time, even though he has 35 days available to use.?

Is it possible that his companies guidelines only allow 2 weeks vacation taken at one time. He should have cleared this amount of time with his employer BEFORE buying the tickets.

A company will not usually let an employee take more than two weeks off without pryor agreements with the Owners, or a Supervisor. When he set the date for vacation he should have spoken to someone at that time.

He may have to go as high as possible within the Company, to get as much time as you need.

Many Companies, have canceled all vacation for some of their employees due to the poor state of the economy. The Company, I retired from will not let anyone take any vacation because of the money crunch.

When he took the job, he knew what he circumstances were and the longer he's been there, he knows the "rules". Chances are, he needs to get someone trained as his backup. My company has a backup trained for nearly every position, so that way when people decide to make trips like that, they get the opportunity to go and the peace of mind that someone will handle it once they are away. He cannot appeal, because management has made the decision based on what the company needs. Chances are, it would be overlooked again if he didn't get his point across the right way. What he needs to do is get on the stick, train someone right away how to do his job(s) and then try again for the vacation time.

The answer is easy. In most companies, vacation time must be approved by your supervisor prior to you taking it. Just because I have 60 days of vacation built up doesn't mean that I can take two months off on a whim. As a business owner, you should know/expect this.

A second issue is that I wouldn't encourage the supervisor to train a replacement for your husband just for a vacation. In this economy, your husband needs to stay as valuable as possible and having a replacement trained for him probably wouldn't be the safest bet.

Ultimately, if you decide to go, enjoy it because you may be in for allot more stress and time together when you get back.

You normally cannot accrue that many vacation days - you are limited to a fixed number of days and can carry over a week or maybe two weeks extra max.

And normally you can only take 10days/2weeks at a time.

Virtually all employment in the US is "at will" there few "rights to vacation time" - it is an employer benefit. He can quit and they might have to pay him for unused vacation depending on the state and his employment contract if he has one.

He should talk to his supervisor about how important this vacation is and perhaps negotiate a few less days off.

Otherwise, start looking for a new job with a start date once you get back from vacation.

If your husband was in an accident or had surgery and had to be home for 4 weeks what would the job manager do then? Nothing but find a replacement. I would strongly suggest your husband review the LEAVE POLICY at his job. If nothing in the policy prohibits him from taking leave - have him write a letter for approval of leave to the manager's supervisor. Step over the manager's head and explain he wanted a higher authority to review his leave request. My only other suggestion is have your husband call the Equal Opportunity Office and state he is being denied his rightful leave. Good luck

Most companies only allow you to take a week at a time! Your husband should have asked for special permission prior to your purchase of the tickets. I would hope that if he is a good employee with many years under his belt that they would allow him to take this special vacation. If his manager won't bend, it's worth going over his head...If not - he'll be with you for two weeks and then back home and back to work.

is there a book for conduct and rules? if so, I would be contacting the next person up to get this book and see whats written. Two weeks sounds about right in the company for vacation. but you guys want to take like 3 1/2 weeks. I can see why the manager is saying no.

You shouldve confirmed the days off before you booked your travel. Sorry.

I agree with Amanda, most companies will let you go for 2 weeks.. but anything longer is barely tolerated. You would need special permission BEFORE you booked.

Also be careful if you go to upper management, as you said, the Boss can fill in if your husband is away.. he might decide that he can do without him all the time AND get an attaboy from Upper Management for saving payroll.

So let me get this straight, you KNEW his managers policies of not letting anyone take more than 2 weeks and booked the trip anyway? That was your fault, I'm sorry. Vacation available or not, letting you take extended time is at your bosses discretion.