Verizon FIOS cares nothing for its employees or their families

Well... he could, I don't know... QUIT.

Of course, it's employers like this that make Europe look better and
better.

I saw "Norma Rae", but the movie would have been a total drag if her
husband played the lead role.

I sure hope Verizon doesn't figure out who your husband is...

I'm wondering what exactly you hoped to gain from writing this letter
- best case scenario they ignore it and continue their practices, but
worst case they connect this letter to your husband and that will make
him look terrible! If your husband is honestly dissatisfied with his
job, he can surely find something else with his skill set. He
certainly doesn't need you to write angry letters to his employer
about it. Either way, this letter reflects badly on both you and him.

As MA said, a public forum is not the place for employment issues.
Since you've already posted this I'll tell you a few things. No
employer is required to give you any paid time off unless you are
covered by a labor agreement that says otherwise. My husband is a
union electrician and he doesn't get any sick days. If he doesn't
work, he doesn't get paid.

The employer I work for in the morning (I work two part time jobs)
gives you 6 sick days a year. Once those are gone, they are gone. We
don't earn them each pay check. I had surgery in January last year
and used them all up in the first month of the year.

I'm a contractor for the employer I work for in the afternoon and you
know what, I don't get any paid time off with them. If I'm sick, I
don't get paid.

In speaking with a Verizon FIOS tech the other day, Verizon is working
on having almost all contractors. Employees are being offered early
retirement and then hired back as paid contractors with no benefits.
This does not effect the techs as they are covered by their union
contract.

You may want to research the FMLA. If you feel your husband is being
denied FMLA time off unfairly I believe you can make a complaint.
However, I don't think the FMLA is meant to be used for individual
days off.

While I sympathize with the frustration of working for a company that
doesn't appear to show concern for their employees, this isn't the
forum to tell about that.

This is a site for feedback about consumer issues, not a blog to vent
about work injustices.

Additionally, admirable that it is that you care for your husband's
livlihood, any complaints should come from him. You may actually be
putting him at risk for disciplinary action from his employer for
posting this. If they are as vindictive as you portray them to be, do
you think it will bode well that you are publicly complaining about
them here?

If you truly believe that Verizon is acting unfairly or unethically,
you need to hire an attorney and not post negative diatribes here. It
will only hurt your case against them by airing all this here.