PTO priorities | Should working parents get first refusal on holiday time?

Should working parents get first refusal on holiday time?

Should working parents automatically get precedence, when allocating holiday, over their childless colleagues? It’s an age-old debate that once again hit headlines this week, after a post from the forum Mumsnet went viral, causing uproar and several controversial counter posts.

In the post, titled ‘Am I being unreasonable?’, the anonymous individual stated that she and her colleague recently requested Christmas day off, yet were told that one of the pair would have to work a morning shift on the 25th.

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