I work for a manufacturing company in MI who has a No Fault Absentee Policy. We only get vacation time and no sick or personal time although the company allows for doc appointments, etc. during the week as long as arrangement are made ahead of time and you make up all of your time during the week. You get points for being absent, for not working 8 hours in one day, for not working your full 40 hours (unless arrangements made ahead of time) and also points for FMLA. I have been on Probation 2 x now because of excessive absenteeism. But, 6 of my points from last year and 6 of my points from this year were due to FMLA. And actually, I am just finding out - more of my time could have been considered FMLA, but my company had a policy - in order to take FMLA it had to be for at least 3 days. I have just had a conference due to the owner not liking my response to the conference I had in April that put me on probation where I stated "yes, I had incurred the points, but most points were due to my daughter's illnesses and hospitalizations and were completely unavoidable".... Apparently, he did not like the use of "unavoidable". So, I had another conference on that. And then was told that I will not be receiving my raise because I am on probation. I am just finding out that my company cannot assign points to me for FMLA. Before I go to them with this -which I already went to HR who knew nothing about it - I need to make sure I am absolutely positive about it. I would never have been on Probation either time if I had not been assigned points for FMLA. My daughter has Down syndrome and other health issues that she is followed for by many specialists. I am a single parent or otherwise I would not work full time. I am frustrated to say the least and the VP of the company thinks the owner will not care if he is in violation and will not change anythng. Please advise what I can do. My nerves are shot while I am attempting to fight for something that I should not have to fight for.
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