I Was Fired for Taking Days Off During a Family Emergency

Happiness for your MoM. Glad you know the difference between a job and your family.

You were definitely right in how you handled the matter, and good luck to both you and mom for the future.

It's unfortunate but Musk has said empathy is a weakness and these bosses are taking him at his word. No empathy equals no humanity

From the stories that never happened....

Naming and shaming was the perfect response to their behaviour. You KNOW they fully intended to badmouth you to possible future Employers, but now the truth of the matter is laid bare. Well done.

I definitely agree with you. What hr said was heartless & uncalled for. I wonder if someone said that about her mom if she would've just took it. She should lose her job honestly

I partly agree with the story yes they should have given her time off for her mother the boss shouldn't have been so heartless but she also shouldn't have put it on TikTok either like Jillian said it makes you look like a pyria that when you don't get your way you have a fit and post it online

So glad canada has far better labour laws, family is protected leave for family is protected. We have US companies operating in Canada the canadian employees get so many better perks than our American counter parts. Oh and all our leaves are paid, including mat leave for 18 months. Dying parent sick parent falls under compassionate care all employers respect it as it costs them way less to do

Assuming this story is true--which I actually don't--you were right to pursue legal action. FMLA is federal law, which your company violated by denying your request (again, assuming you actually followed the formal procedure to request this leave, which you don't specify). However, you've also now made yourself radioactive to any future employers with your little TikTok stunt. No one is going to want to hire you if they constantly have to walk on eggshells worrying that any little thing that upsets you will get blasted on the internet. (In fact, most big companies have specific social media policies on this, which you probably violated, that make make any legal claims harder to pursue.) Glad your mom is ok, but this may turn out to be a Pyrrhic victory in the long run.

The company was completely wrong; probably violated state and federal family leave policies!

I had a job like that, when my dad had passed away id called in that day to say what had happened and was told they didn't grant emergency leave , I took it off and the manager constantly called me to ask when I was coming back , I haven't even sorted his funeral yet and was told if I wasn't back they wouldn't pay me so unfortunately id no option, my mum passed away 4mths later and strangely enough the same manager said I could take all the time i needed to which I told her I wouldn't be back , no compassion what so ever , OP you did the right thing x

Good for you I always keep everything a friend of mine is employed by a place that made her come to work no mask was allowed while she had COVID not when it first started but just a couple weeks ago they told her COVID isn't a real thing now grant it may not be like it was in the beginning but she was still sick as hell

I hope that one day we will all be going to work in places where we’re valued and treated nicely

It's a fake "everyone froze" story so sick of this.

Family first

I get that you were in a tough situation ... But you can't expect to get extra days off whenever someone is "going through a tough situation"
Otherwise there won't be anyone going to work anymore

You have done a big mistake in denying the offer depriving yourself from salary increase, let alone the offer itself is apology for HR's misconduct through higher ranking officer