Work declined 1 day holiday request

[Damonlufc88]

I'm a basic factory worker, nothing glamorous but it pays the way.

My son started special school in September, he's 5. Had a letter about his harvest festival, he never fitted in when he was at mainstream previous topics made about this) so this is something I want to see as he has never been in this or a Nativity or any preference. I put a holiday request in for next Thursday 9 days notice, as that's when we found our when it was and been declined because one member of staff in my department is on holiday and 1 is off sick.

tippz
What a rude ignorant comment. I've worked in factory's, now I work in a warehouse. So what? Your the sort of person I loathe

Parental leave rules are different for parents of children with a disability.

Yes but not sure watching a Harvest Festival assembly counts.

I asked for a day off when we completed on our first house. It was declined and I was the last one to step inside out of my whole family!

One of the reasons given on the direct gov website for requesting parental leave is spending more time with your child. Which I think is suitably vague enough to cover watching their Harvest Festival. In all likelihood the company would use their power to postpone the request for 6 months based on business needs anyway.