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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: GOBUCKS on January 29, 2010, 01:57:35 PM
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Fri Jan-29-10 02:50 PM
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Gay Partner denied sick leave by AT&T
http://www.dallasvoice.com/artman/publish/article_12425...
RICHARDSON — Bryan Dickenson and Bill Sugg have been together for 30 years.
For the last 12 of those years, Dickenson has worked as a communications technician for Dallas-based AT&T.
After Sugg suffered a debilitating stroke in September, Dickinson requested time off under the federal Family Medical Leave Act to care for his partner.
But AT&T is refusing to grant Dickenson the 12 weeks of leave that would be afforded to a heterosexual spouse under the act.
As a result, Dickenson is using vacation time so he can spend one afternoon a week at Sugg’s bedside at a rehabilitation facility in Richardson. But Dickenson fears that when his vacation runs out, he’ll end up being fired for requesting additional time off to care for Sugg. Dickenson’s attorney, Rob Wiley of Dallas, said he initially thought AT&T’s refusal to grant his client leave under FMLA was just a mistake on the part of the company. Wiley said he expected AT&T to quickly rectify the situation after he sent the company a friendly letter.
After all, AT&T maintains the highest score of 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, which ranks companies according to their treatment of LGBT employees. And just this week, HRC listed AT&T as one of its “Best Places to Work.â€
But AT&T has stood its ground, confirming in a statement to Dallas Voice this week that the company isn’t granting Dickenson leave under FMLA because neither federal nor state law recognizes Sugg as his domestic partner...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7601614
I cannot decide if DUmmy DesertFlower is a lousy freeper troll, or just stupid:
DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Fri Jan-29-10 02:52 PM
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1. that really sucks.
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Dallas Voice is one of the 3 gay weeklies in Dallas. Its the top one I think. The others apparently must suck.
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This article is a Red Herring.
But AT&T has stood its ground, confirming in a statement to Dallas Voice this week that the company isn’t granting Dickenson leave under FMLA because neither federal nor state law recognizes Sugg as his domestic partner...
It's does'nt state what time off AT&T will grant this guy under AT&T corporate policy, which is recognised as being one of the most genorous to gays. This skewered article is just another attempt to push the gay agenda for the federal right to marry by ommitting certain "inconvenient" facts.
Caveat Emptor.
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Dallas Voice is one of the 3 gay weeklies in Dallas. Its the top one I think. The others apparently must suck.
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Oh. Lawdy. I just now got that. :lmao:
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Oh. Lawdy. I just now got that. :lmao:
:p
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One of the others is called the Gayzette... hardy har har
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This article is a Red Herring.
It's does'nt state what time off AT&T will grant this guy under AT&T corporate policy, which is recognised as being one of the most genorous to gays. This skewered article is just another attempt to push the gay agenda for the federal right to marry by ommitting certain "inconvenient" facts.
Caveat Emptor.
Good catch! :cheersmate:
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I was a little slow on the uptake, too. That happens to me all the time, though, my mind isn't in the gutter :innocent: (most of the time).
Marine guy makes a good point. I would also point out that the stroke victim is in a rehabilitation facility. He's being cared for. It's not like he's lying on the living room floor in his own mess and stuff. Like everybody else, we go after work hours. There's only so much you can do sitting beside a hospital bed.
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The two butt plungers in question have NO formal legal relationship. Asking for time off for this would be no different than asking for time off to take care of a Gold Fish.
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The two butt plungers in question have NO formal legal relationship. Asking for time off for this would be no different than asking for time off to take care of a Gold Fish.
You mean something like this. (http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/pet-ernity-leave-a-new-perk/story-e6frf7kx-1111118727673)
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You mean something like this. (http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/pet-ernity-leave-a-new-perk/story-e6frf7kx-1111118727673)
You're safe. I expected the link to go to some site that featured Gold Fish and butt pluggers and a new fetish. :tongue:
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"I need to take time off because the guy whose turds absorb my sperm is sick."
- Spoken in a world where everything is up front and uncolored
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- Spoken in a world where everything is up front and uncolored
That's racist!
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Dallas Voice is one of the 3 gay weeklies in Dallas. Its the top one I think. The others apparently must suck.
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Well duh! They are gay after all!
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Dickenson is using vacation time so he can spend one afternoon a week at Sugg’s bedside...
One afternoon a week? WTF? I'd say his boss is pretty generous giving him half a day every week.
Dick-in-son should just go visit in the evenings and weekends like any sane person.