[nagdu] Getting time off work for class

Sun May 25 13:21:56 UTC 2014

Hi Greg.
I'm a greedy so-and-so.  I don't want to use all my vacation days up in 
training.
Those 2-week classes at GDB are a mighty fine thing, but TSE doesn't have 
them.
Tracy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: "Craig" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Getting time off work for class

> Hi,
>
> To me if you have vacation time coming, and you ask for those days off, 
> what business is it of HR what you do on your time off.
> What right do they have to tell you that what you think is important has 
> to pass their test.
> If I ask for time off, it nun of their business.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Heaps via nagdu
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Sent: May 23, 2014 at 9:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Getting time off work for class
>
> I used vacation time.  Because it was GDB, the program was two weeks.
>
> I had enough seniority that I received a lot of paid time off, so it 
> wasn't
> a burden.  But I can understand how it might be to someone who gets only 
> two
> weeks vacation a year.
>
> I didn't do any work, but the nature of my job was such that I couldn't do 
> a
> whole lot while I was away.
>
> Craig and Chase
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tracy Carcione via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 7:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Getting time off work for class
>
>
>> Oh yah, I'm going to start discussing it with my boss long before it
>> happens.  I'm trying to get it all over before we start a big project
>> sometime next Spring.
>> Thankfully, it's been a while since last time, but, as I recall, it took
>> some time to arrange everything.
>> Tracy
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Katie Crocker via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>> To: "NAGDU Mailing 
>> List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>><nagdu at nfbnet.org>> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 9:58 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Getting time off work for class
>>>>> Sorry for the second email, I accidentally hit send on the first one
>>> before it was done. *grin*
>>>>> My employer saw training as a reasonable accommodation, so I did not 
>>>>> have
>>> to take any sick time or vacation time.  I work at a very small
>>> nonprofit, so things like that happen I guess.  I'm lucky.  But most
>>> people I know do have to take vacation time usually employers are pretty
>>> helpful when it comes to finding a solution for this.  Can you perhaps
>>> ask about it before you decide go for training?  Feeling out the
>>> situation beforehand might be the way to approach this, just my opinion.
>>>>> Best of luck to you Tracy, and let us know what happens!
>>>>> Katie and the Jet
>>>>> -- Katie Crocker --
>>>>>> On May 23, 2014, at 9:53 AM, Sherry Gomes via nagdu 
>>>>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> One company I worked for considered that time a reasonable 
>>>>>>> accommodation
>>>> and
>>>> gave me the time off paid. Others have had me use vacation or sick 
>>>> time.
>>>> I'm
>>>> currently a contract employee, so my recent trip to GDB was completely
>>>> unpaid which was bad. sigh.
>>>>>>> Sherry
>>>>>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy
>>>> Carcione
>>>> via nagdu
>>>> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 6:34 AM
>>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>>> Subject: [nagdu] Getting time off work for class
>>>>>>> I'd be interested to hear how people have arranged time off work to 
>>>>>>> go
>>>> to
>>>> class.
>>>> I am not keen to lose 3 weeks' pay.  I could use vacation time, if I am
>>>> careful about not taking much and saving some up.  I could try to work
>>>> during class, but I'm not sure that's a great idea.  Class is stressful
>>>> enough, without adding in work.  I would like to use some of my sick
>>>> days,
>>>> of which I have a whole heaping lot, but, last time, my boss could not
>>>> get
>>>> that idea through HR's tiny heads.  "She wants to use sick time to do
>>>> what?
>>>> Get a "guide dog?"".
>>>> Last time, the boss just made an arrangement on the QT, as a big favor.
>>>> How have other people arranged this?
>>>> Tracy
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