The worker, named only has Sandra, was reportedly let go for exceeding her allowed unpaid time-off by one hour when her mother-in-law died.
She said she was allowed to leave work early to visit her mother-in-law at a bedside vigil. However, when she returned to request bereavement leave following her family member’s death, she was informed she had already gone over her unpaid leave for the year by one hour and was let go.
“I felt like I was in The Twilight Zone,” Sandra told The Verge. “I’m dealing with a death in my family, and I’m going to lose my job over one hour?”
According to AUS, Sandra has now been given her job back and has been paid for time missed.
“Before our petition, Sandra had spent countless hours talking to Human Resources (HR) by phone and email to try and save her job,” AUS said in a statement on Facebook.
“AUS will continue to push for these demands as we move forward,” the group added.
