Firefighter docked wages for donating bone marrow to dying girl

[Gwydion]

A heroic firefighter was docked one week's wages for taking time off to donate life-saving bone marrow to a teenage girl.

Mark McCracken, 43, applied for special leave after being told he was a match for the leukaemia victim but fire bosses told him he would not be paid.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=442251&in_page_id=1770

 

[pingrr]

The fire fire fighter was doing a good thing.

However I can't blame the department for not paying him when he wasn't there. I know most companies out there would not pay you to do somthing like that if you did not want to use your sick time for it.

 

[Mikeinsmd]

The fire fire fighter was doing a good thing.

However I can't blame the department for not paying him when he wasn't there. I know most companies out there would not pay you to do somthing like that if you did not want to use your sick time for it.

Holy crap I agree with the Ping on something....

 

[Dougstermd]

Holy crap I agree with the Ping on something....

me three

 

[Lenny]

Mark had two weeks off work and is believed to have been docked five days' wages to cover the days he would have been in work.

Crikey! In the States you go home after donating bone marrow. He spent three days in hospital and got two weeks off work? And now people are sobbing over him.

...and he wasn't docked pay. He just wasn't paid for days he didn't work -- there's a big difference.