In message , at 18:04:41 on Fri, 22 Jul
2011, tim.... remarked:
How flexible are the employers when staff want to take unexpected leave.
Not just funerals, but perhaps having to wait in for a delivery or repair
man, when the day that's scheduled is at short notice?

The funeral is obviously something that they can't control, but assuming
that staff often get their "normal" days off during the week expecting not
to arrange deliveries/doctors appointments etc on those days is dammed
unreasonable.

Thanks for you opinion, which is useful because I'm trying to collect a
range of views (and not just from here).
--
Roland Perry