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0 pointsjohnchristopher1y ago0 comments

"potential loss of employment,"

Where is that coming from ? That's a very lawyery way to phrase things.

"potential ?" where I live I think people may max out their holidays and overtime (if lucky enough) and leave-without-pay but there would be a conversation with your employer to justify it and how to handle the workload.

In the USA, from what I read, it's more than likely that you would just be fired on the spot, right ?

edit: just googled a bit, where I live you must tell your employer why you will be absent if you go to jail but that can't be used to justify the breaking of the contract unless the reason for the incarceration is damaging to the company and... yeah, I am definitely not a lawyer :]

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ghaff1y ago

Leave-without-pay normally requires some specific justification(s)/discussion. I've certainly given my manager advanced notice about any longer stretches of vacation and I've tried to do it with awareness of workloads (though for something planned months in advance that's not always possible) but I've pretty much never considered it as asking for permission or it being a negotiation. This is in the US.

ADDED: You're probably going to end up lying or at least being very vague "some family stuff to take care of" in this specific scenario but for one month that didn't trigger reporting to employer a lot of professionals could probably get off with it. In any case, the GPT answer seems totally correct for the parameters given.

johnchristopherOP1y ago

> ADDED: You're probably going to end up lying or at least being very vague "some family stuff to take care of" in this specific scenario but for one month that didn't trigger reporting to employer a lot of professionals could probably get off with it. In any case, the GPT answer seems totally correct for the parameters given.

Where I live that is subject to cancellation of the work contact, you can't lie about why you are absent though the imprisonment can't be cause by itself for laying off.

ghaff1y ago

Maybe you're talking about something else but for standard PTO/vacation that I'm owed it would seem absurd if I had to justify how I was going to spend my time off. It's none of your business.

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oconnor6631y ago

My wild guess is that it would depend a lot on how much your employer likes you and how they feel about the reason you're in jail.

akira25011y ago

Many jails have work release. They get you up at 6am, check you out of the jail, let you go to work, then expect you to check back into jail by 6pm.

ghaff1y ago

Which for many professional (and other jobs) probably would require a bunch of tap-dancing around your strict schedule if you were hiding the actual reason.

johnchristopherOP1y ago

Oh, that's really great ! Is that in the US ?

Dayshine1y ago

Self-employed or small company might not care.

EGreg1y ago

So the GPT is on a law exam and is using a very lawyer way to word things? I would say that's great!!

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0 pointsjohnchristopher1y ago0 comments

"potential loss of employment,"

Where is that coming from ? That's a very lawyery way to phrase things.

In the USA, from what I read, it's more than likely that you would just be fired on the spot, right ?

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ghaff1y ago

johnchristopherOP1y ago

Where I live that is subject to cancellation of the work contact, you can't lie about why you are absent though the imprisonment can't be cause by itself for laying off.

ghaff1y ago

Maybe you're talking about something else but for standard PTO/vacation that I'm owed it would seem absurd if I had to justify how I was going to spend my time off. It's none of your business.

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oconnor6631y ago

My wild guess is that it would depend a lot on how much your employer likes you and how they feel about the reason you're in jail.

akira25011y ago

Many jails have work release. They get you up at 6am, check you out of the jail, let you go to work, then expect you to check back into jail by 6pm.

ghaff1y ago

Which for many professional (and other jobs) probably would require a bunch of tap-dancing around your strict schedule if you were hiding the actual reason.

johnchristopherOP1y ago

Oh, that's really great ! Is that in the US ?

Dayshine1y ago

Self-employed or small company might not care.

EGreg1y ago

So the GPT is on a law exam and is using a very lawyer way to word things? I would say that's great!!

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