I live in TN and the rest of my family is in Michigan. My job gives us 3 days of bereavement each year and I used all 3 last month so I could go to Michigan for the Funeral.
Last week my aunt died so I told my boss I needed to go to Michigan again for a funeral and he let me know that I already used my bereavement. This was not a huge deal, I didn’t care if I wasn’t going to get paid so I had to put in a vacation request. My boss rejected the request because I did not have enough vacation time saved up. Once again, not a big deal I was not worried about getting paid for it. I then just submitted an unpaid absence request…. It got rejected because apparently if I missed 3 days I would miss one day more than we are allowed to miss in a year so if I missed 3 days I would be fired. Finally I said screw it and requested 2 days off even though it wouldn’t really give me time to be with my family…. The request was rejected because we were short handed and there is no body that could cover for me.