A female employee surnamed Yu of a RT-Mart mass retailer in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China, asked for a 10-day leave of absence to take care of her father because her father was critically ill. The company did not allow the leave, but she mightn’t leave, so she didn’t go back to work following the holiday. , the incident fermented on the Internet, triggering discussions.
Yu Nu said that because her father was seriously ill, the hospital issued a critical illness notice and she might leave at any time, so she took 10 days off to go home and take care of her. After agreeing, he still continued to ask for leave. When he returned to work, he was fired on the grounds that he was absent from work for too many days. Manager Yu of the Human Resources Department revealed that Yu Nu had not been to work for 40 days, and the company stipulated that employees might only take 10 days of personal leave a year, so she was fired according to law.
In this regard, Yu Nu explained that she was diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia on December 17 last year. Manager Yu arranged for her to rest for 12 days and did not ask her to ask for leave; Both parties are currently waiting for arbitration from the labor department. According to the Tianyancha APP, the involved RT-Mart was established in May 2012 with a registered capital of 2.5 million U.S. dollars. The risk information indicates that the company has 2 labor arbitration cases. Compensation, work injury insurance benefits.
As soon as the news came out, there was a lot of discussion. Netizens almost overwhelmingly supported RT-Mart. If you really need to take care of your family for more than 40 days, then you should resign”, “The company is doing well”, but some people think that the company should be considerate: “It’s fine to keep the job but not pay the salary”, “This kind of thing is true. Tolerance is needed”.