Posted this in r/workreform and figured it belongs here too.
I've been working this job for almost a year with no issue. But the other day I called out sick from work 5 hours before my shift per company policy. Boss was cool with it and I went about my day. Never have I had to ask to use my sick pay at any job, they do it automatically if you have any available when you call out. Was not the case this time. So when I return to work the next day I asked my boss to use my sick leave for the day before. Her response was “we removed the shift from your schedule and gave it to someone else, so we can't give you sick pay for that shift.” Something about this just seems illegal to me. If it was that easy to avoid paying out sick leave then every employer would be doing it. Her reasoning was that if the hours are removed before the scheduled shift time then I am no longer entitled to those hours. Is this correct? Did they find a loophole, or should I fight them on it?