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Are employees allow to take time off for family emergency
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i have read the Kroger hand book but still have questions.. can a Kroger employee request a day off dealing with a family emergency or when they are taking their memeber to a doctors appointment?.. isnt Kroger suppose to be helping their employees when they need it? hmm...



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That is dependent on the store manager.

For a death in the family, they will allow time off for the funeral.

For taking someone to the doctor, they will tell you to be at work anyway. 

 



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Yes, you can request DR appt off and if you have a family emergency you need to call and explain to a manager. They can't tell you no but can guilt trip you. Just be prepared to fight a write up if the manager is particularly nasty.

For deaths in the immediate family you are allowed 3 days of paid time off, in West Virginia.

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But if you have the dr's note, bye bye write up, I banish you to the land of non existence. But kroger will still find loopholes note or not.

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mega-kitteh wrote:

But if you have the dr's note, bye bye write up, I banish you to the land of non existence. But kroger will still find loopholes note or not.


 Yep, If you start consistently bringing in notes the company will start to use what is called a "consistent abuser" policy and begin disregarding dr notes. Even if you're legit sick all the time.



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My grandma was dying (she didn't though, but we didn't know!) and my mom needed my sister and me immediately. So we left for a week and trust me it was harder on her, since she was a first year teacher missing her first week. I was able to get paid for the week by turning it into my vacation ha. I had a stellar record so I called and just presented it as the facts - I'm leaving, I can't work this week, I'm sorry.

I only got into trouble the day I got back because I spent Friday swearing up and down I'd be back to work by Sunday. Not 2 hours before my shift, my sister wrecked her car! And refused any help from friends, wanting me with her. My manager said, "You're getting to be unreliable."

I still didn't come in! And I didn't get written up for it either.

I got grief on another call in almost 2 years later but no write up or demand for a note. It was super bad timing, but I was coming back from my vacation and we got in a wreck that totaled the car at 5pm. I had to be at work at 7 the next morning so I called in from the ER and got a big sigh. Then, well... the next day things were not happening fast and I had work at 1:30 that night so I called in again and got "Are you ever coming back?"

anyway... no write ups... so it just depends. they can suck it, you're not making enough money to sacrifice your family

(um - atlanta and nashville, first instance in 2014, last one last june)



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Old thread but I totally agree that they have to take time for close people no matter what.

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