Case Study
"What 's a single mom to do?"
Janet Allen struggled to raise her child, Amanda, as a single mother in Arizona. She performed well in part-time positions in a couple of the Mojavi County departments when, from 1996 to 2002, she was able to accumulate "a substantial amount of sick leaves to use in case she or her daughter ever become ill". During that time, she was also able to complete her Associate of Arts degree as an accountant technician, which allowed her to persue, in 2002, a higher paying, full-time job in the another of the county 's departments, a much needed career move considering the increasing amount of bills to pay and lack of child support assistance from the ex-husband. The new job, however, was more strict and did not offer a flexibile schedule. Due to an asthmatic condition Amanda developed, Janet ended up depleting all her accrued sick leave by the end of 2003, her supervisor was unsympathetic of the situation, having expressed disapproval regarding to it. Amanda 's condition kept on getting worse - deteriorating Janet 's attendence as a result. In the mean time, a "Sick Leave Management Policy" was promulgated, established the premises in which employees could make use of sick leaves. At that point, Janet had already received her first Letter of Warning for overutilizating the benefit in January 2004, and by March of that year, she had received two Letters of Repriment for the same reason. Nevertheless, not having any extended family around, she had no choices other than taking care of her daughter herself. In hopes of being able to count with a more sympathetic supervisor, Janet got voluntarily transferred to another division of that Department in May 2004. As Amanda 's condition, became really severe and Janet 's overutilization of sick leave combined with her failure on following the requirements established by the Division 's Handbook (which required proper procedures when taking sick leave) had leaded to both verbal and written
Janet Allen struggled to raise her child, Amanda, as a single mother in Arizona. She performed well in part-time positions in a couple of the Mojavi County departments when, from 1996 to 2002, she was able to accumulate "a substantial amount of sick leaves to use in case she or her daughter ever become ill". During that time, she was also able to complete her Associate of Arts degree as an accountant technician, which allowed her to persue, in 2002, a higher paying, full-time job in the another of the county 's departments, a much needed career move considering the increasing amount of bills to pay and lack of child support assistance from the ex-husband. The new job, however, was more strict and did not offer a flexibile schedule. Due to an asthmatic condition Amanda developed, Janet ended up depleting all her accrued sick leave by the end of 2003, her supervisor was unsympathetic of the situation, having expressed disapproval regarding to it. Amanda 's condition kept on getting worse - deteriorating Janet 's attendence as a result. In the mean time, a "Sick Leave Management Policy" was promulgated, established the premises in which employees could make use of sick leaves. At that point, Janet had already received her first Letter of Warning for overutilizating the benefit in January 2004, and by March of that year, she had received two Letters of Repriment for the same reason. Nevertheless, not having any extended family around, she had no choices other than taking care of her daughter herself. In hopes of being able to count with a more sympathetic supervisor, Janet got voluntarily transferred to another division of that Department in May 2004. As Amanda 's condition, became really severe and Janet 's overutilization of sick leave combined with her failure on following the requirements established by the Division 's Handbook (which required proper procedures when taking sick leave) had leaded to both verbal and written
References: REEVES, T. Z (2006). Cases in Public Human Resources Management. 2nd edition. Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning. Of Single Mothers, Women of Color And Rising Unemployment Rates: http://www.momsrising.org/blog/of-single-mothers-women-of-color-and-rising-unemployment-rates/#ixzz12ryhlvyu - Posted August 9th, 2010 by Amye Newman Single Mother and Poverty: Agenda for Action: http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/CFW/Publications/pdfs/mapagendaforaction.pdf