Imo it’s a given that if someone is in the hospital and asked for some PTO I would grant it without question.
All I’m saying is based on the initial scenario there isn’t enough information to say the boss is wrong to fire the person.
Oh they didn’t ask for pto, they were covering for the person who asked for pto.
I’m just saying EVERY business needs to plan for an employee being out. If that’s hiring a part timer so be it, if that’s a manager covering a shift so be it, if it’s the owner of the company working a register, so be it. Owning/running a business means planning for the unexpected.