Sorry about your loss... truly.

There are right and wrong things coming from every side of this agruement.

First... the guy made sure he was checking in. Obviously they told him all was good with him taking off. He probably wasn't getting paid that whole time... once he used up his sick/vac. days they by law don't have to pay and since we are talking about ERAC they probably didn't.

We had a similar situation in my office to where a guys kid got diagnosed w/ cancer and his wife got very ill. He was in and out for about 2 months. He used up all his paid days in about a month so ERAC said you have a job, but we can't pay you so come back when you get everything squared away.

He was probably written up due to the fact that they had to have some formal documentation that they were not offering him anymore paid days for U.S. Labor Law reasons.

You are correct there are no companies that would allow that much time off and still pay. As nice as that would be, companies can't afford to pay the emp. if they are not there. At ERAC you can take as much time off as you want if you are an hourly worker... you just won't get paid if you don't have paid days. As a salary worker you can take as many days as you want but if you take too many days they will start deducting your paycheck.

I think we should all feel for this guy.. loosing a loved one is esp. tough.. I just lost one this week, but we should all agree that it is logical that any company isn't going to pay for an emp. that isn't there working.

I hope that your family recovers from this time. And good luck on getting a new job... sounds like you could use one... but remember if you are getting Hitched in Aug. the new company will probably not give you paid vacation because your benefits usually don't kick in until 90 days.