We Know The French Have A Healthy Work/Life Balance But Come On!

On the side, I do moderation for a legal assistance forum. We are not professionals, and we give advice mostly based on common sense and Googling.

For context, in France, PTO (vacation) is a minimum of five weeks a year by law, which was the case for the following user.

User: “I took the entire month of September off for my holidays, as allowed by law. At the end of September, I called my boss to say I can’t come back because of a death.”

We don’t know the relation between this user and the dead person, and why it prevented this user from going back to work.

User: “So, I decided to take the month of October as a holiday too. When I came back to work in early November, I was surprised that my boss decided to fire me.”

Me: “Is there a question?”

User: “What should I do to get a severance package?”