According to the court’s decision, if the employee warned the manager in advance and, even more so, agreed to take an unpaid day off, it should not count as a missed day of work.
MOSCOW, January 15.
/TASS/. The Russian Supreme Court has ruled that it is illegal to fire
employees for attending a football match under condition that the employee
agreed to take an unpaid day off, the court’s press service told TASS.
"The Supreme
Court studied the case of a Yeisk resident who was dismissed for missing a
working day for travelling to attend a football match. According to the court’s
decision, if the employee warned the manager in advance and, even more so,
agreed to take an unpaid day off, it should not count as a missed day of work.
In this case, the planned and organized trip to a football match is a sound
reason to leave the workplace before the end of working hours," the agency
was told.
Source: ITAR-TASS
16-01-2021
