Post #1358681 · Elektrine

2026-03-30 09:51 UTC

Genuine question here – where and how are employees without children treated differently? In the US, besides parental leave at the birth of a child (which only some employers offer), are there employers that offer differing time off? I work in healthcare, and everywhere I’ve ever worked provides paid time off equally to everyone. The biggest difference is parents usually end up burning vacation days due to sick kids or school holidays

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@winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-03-30 10:25

In my working experience it is the ultimate get out of work excuse. Few questions/resistance offered from managers who then make the other workers who don’t have kids cover shifts, work late, do the crap jobs that nobody wants to do, etc

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@mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 2026-03-30 17:50

parents are often afforded flexibility by their bosses that other don’t receive, such as: “sorry I was late, the school drop off line was slow” –> while their coworker who was equally late because traffic was just exceptionally bad because of a crash is given a write-up “I won’t be able to cover so and so’s shift this weekend, my kid has a game” –> which leads to a coworker covering who also had plans, but the manager deems their plans less important and tells them they have to even though it’s not their dpmt I’ve seen both of these things play out exactly like that.

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