Actually, illegal. If you take Paternity Leave, they are required to give you your old job back, or a different job that pays the same amount or more. (As long as you worked there for like 52 weeks before the baby was SUPPOSED to arrive. So if she had gone into preterm labor, and you were only at 50 weeks, but she was due 2 weeks after that, it'd still count.) My husband already warned his managers that he's going to take 2 weeks off, and that I'm highrisk for preterm, so I'm not worried. Because if 1 forgets, there's always the other 2.

I highly doubt your boss could get a replacement within a week, unless he was planning to fire you anyway. If so, be glad you have the other job.

That's bull. Even if the state of Virginia doesn't provide the same working benefits, the FMLA makes it illegal to discriminate against employees taking paternity leave so long as you meet the following conditions: * You aren't in the highest 10% income bracket in your company, under which constraint your employer only need "prove" that your absence presents an substantial economical impact on the company to deny your leave. * You work for federal, state, or local government or for a company with 50+ employees within a 75 mile radius. * You have worked for your employer for at least 12 months and 1,250 hours within the previous year. * You requested the leave at least 30 days in advance (federally required). If you don't qualify for FMLA rights and your state doesn't provide anything better, then your boss really isn't under any legal obligation to grant your leave. On the other hand, if he violated the law, then you need to report it to the authorities.

dude you should hve called and spoke with your boss not thee secretary bu at least you have a job. hopefully thee one that replaced you gets fired/quits_lols_

In any sane country, you could sue your boss for this. It is usually illegal to dismiss people without good cause.

Maybe its just me but...don't they have a program which has every employee in it with worked hours, time taken off etc to calculate wages?

Well atleast your boss was nice enough to give you a job still and #46... money would be the reason :)

I call shenanigans. Companies have to give you time off for the birth of a child. Just because your boss didn't tell everyone else is not your problem. If this is real then it sucks but I would suggest speaking with HR, they might be able to override your bosses decision.

You shouldn't have to take a pay cut, just because another of his staff didn't do their job right. You should get on his case for that.

In France, the OP would have been hired back, even if that makes two person to do the same job, since the boss cannot fire the new hired guy. However the secretary may have been fired for incompetence (or at least got a huge blame).