u/skelletwin

Hi! Sorry if theres a specific flair that would be better for this. Ive tried searching this online and all I seem to get is "yes your employer can deny PTO", not the situation at hand.

Me and a friend had requested time off together (May 2 through 9th) and our manager approved it. (If its important, the request was submitted April 10) There had been email correspondence between myself and her about needing to resubmit it due to the schedule app being a little goofy. No problems, and the next time she was at work she hadnt said anything to either of us about it being a problem.

When our schedule came out for the week she had scheduled us on our days off. One day for me, four for my friend. Our boss was on vacation this week so there was no way for either of us to contact her. A few senior employees said to call the store while the store manager himself was there, he would deal with it. Call on Friday morning, store manager is unavailable but get a different coworker with access to the master schedule. On his end it shows she went back and denied it right before the schedule came out, emphasizing the lack of a 48 hour notice before it came out. On our end it shows approved, only shows denied on their end of the schedule. Not even the full request, just the last four days. I cannot stress enough that we had literally never been informed about the sudden rejection.

I have a call with the aforementioned coworker and our boss on Monday morning. Before then, Id just like to know if we have a leg to stand on with the lack of notice. Especially considering this would have used all our PTO for the year. Let me know if I should attach images of the approval and/or the email.

Sorry its a bit wordy!