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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