Homer is a safety inspector at a unionized nuclear power plant. He was scheduled to go...

Homer is a safety inspector at a unionized nuclear power plant. He was scheduled to go on a five-day vacation starting on Monday, April 22, and return to work on Monday, April 29. On the morning of his first day of vacation, Homer's sister-in-law died suddenly of undiagnosed lung cancer. Homer called his manager on Friday, April 26, and asked to have four (4) days of his vacation (April 23–26) reinstated and paid as bereavement leave “in accordance with Article 10.04.” The collective agreement reads as follows: Article 10.04: Vacation Reinstatement for Bereavement Leave An employee who is informed of the death of a relative prior to the start of his/her scheduled vacation may have up to three (3) vacation days reinstated and paid as bereavement leave. What would you tell Homer? Would you grant him his request? Why or why not? Make whatever assumptions you feel are necessary in order to defend your answer.

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What I would tell Homer in his request for 4 vacation days reinstatement for bereavement leave payment is that he can only be granted a three of his vacation days reinstated for the bereavement leave payment.

I am assuming that the manager would not be able to grant him a reinstatement of four of his vacation days and grant him a bereavement leave payment for some reasons.

I would not grant Homer his request of reinstatement of his four vacation days for bereavement leave payment. Instead I would offer the three vacation day reinstatement bereavement leave pay as per the collective agreement.

The reason I would not grant Homer his request is using an assumption that other employees will also expect their vacation days to be reinstated for the number of days of their choice, in which a bereavement leave pay will be granted. I would stick to what the Article on this matter suggests. It gives a maximum of three days of vacation for reinstatement and thus bereavement leave payment. This will ensure uniformity in the organization if another employee loses a relative in the course of their vacation.

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