So sorry for this Mom...

I was truly appalled when I read this. While we understand that a Company is not a charitable organisation, the Company is run by people and the management is made of people, human with hearts! Although there are many cases of abuse by employees, it is hope HR can identify genuine cases.

I’m sure some arrangements can be made… with humanity consideration given to the employee concerned. 

Here's an article that caught my eye.

Philadelphia Woman Said She Was Fired for Taking Time Off to Donate Kidney to Son

By SUSANNA KIM

Sept. 13, 2011

Claudia Rendon, 41, of Philadelphia, said her employer, Aviation Institute of Maintenance, fired her after she took time off to donate a kidney to her son. Rendon said the school was also trying to collect up to $2,000 from her son, a student at the school, related to his sick leave.


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Rendon, who worked for a year and a half in the school's admissions office, said she notified the school that she planned to take leave on July 19 to undergo kidney transplant surgery on July 21 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania on behalf of her 22-year-old son, Alex, whose kidney failed last January. After extensive testing in early July, Rendon was found to be a match.

"I would do it all over again. No questions asked," Rendon said.

Kidney transplant surgery normally requires at least six to eight weeks of recovery time, and Rendon said the Aviation Institute agreed to give Rendon unpaid leave until Sept. 1. Rendon told ABCNews.com that on her last day of work before the surgery, her manager promised Rendon she would have her job upon her return, but one hour later, asked her to sign a letter acknowledging that her job was not secured.

"They said, 'If you don't sign this letter, you are abandoning your job and quitting,'" Rendon told ABCNews.com. "I said, 'I am not abandoning my job. I am saving my son's life.'"

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