My brother 17 yo. recently got his very first part time job for the summer before going to college. He have been hired and is working two weeks. During his interview he had said that said that he can't work on 2 specific days. One is for his grads night (school event) and the other for his high school graduation. He also email the manager beforehand about the request these two days off. Today he received his upcoming schedule and found that his time off is not approved. I told him to email the manager again, and tell him that he can't work. He told me that his manager said that he didn't follow companies procedure, on requesting day off one week ahead on Wednesday. But it doesn't make sense since my brother have proof through email that he want his days off. I told him to not worried about it and if it comes to the worse case, he don't have to show up. He is worried that he will get fired since this is his very first job. I told him that this job is not worth it and that it is not right. People at my work doesn't show up to work all the time and get fired. But what would happen if my brother get fired? Any legal advice on how we should handle this? Since my brother only worked for two weeks does he have any protection? What should we do now? Should we call in sick on his grads night and graduation day or the email of request is enough. We live in California.