~they are so kind to give him so much time off! thats what family is for I guess~

I hope that's sarcasm...

People would think that going into a family business would mean having an easier time, but I find that families expect more, plus it's difficult to come up with reasons or excuses. Also, there isn't that formal relationship where there has to be mutual respect and strict guidelines, meaning OP can be messed around and taken advantage of more due to them being family.

That rather depends on where someone lives I would say. Not sure what the laws in Romania are though.

Three weeks is fairly routine in Europe from what I've been told. The US averages the shortest expected vacation times amongst "first world" countries.

Canada is down there too. Only government workers, teachers and senior union members get three consecutive weeks. Some others get that much, but generally with a two week at a time limit on taking it.

The casino I work at gives us 104 hours of paid vacation the first year we work here. I took a 18 day vacation after my first year...

Three weeks per year is hardly a vacation. Im disappointed in how work obsessed society is.

It's not the same everywhere, I live in Ireland and if I want to take 3 weeks off, I can. Even after 6 month employment, provided I give sufficient notice.

I don't know why my thumbs up always end up being represented as thumbs down, its so annoying! Anyways, meant to thumbs up.

8 is right. In Colombia you get 15 weekdays for every year you've worked.

Unless he gets another job.

I know where I am, I have to at least take 2 weeks in total off of work or I can legally be fired due to stress :p

Ooh a vacatio- sounds like an exotic cheesy bread

Ops most likely getting another job

# 9- I'm curious why your vacation was cut short. Did you have a bad trip?

Agree.

I agree op needs to provide us with more information before we can judge. Maybe op'll grace us with their presence and provide us with said information. Also #10 love the profile pic.

10 - I disagree. Even if all of those things were known, I still say OP's family overreacted. How hard is it to say "f--- no. Get back to work"?

For all we know, op tries taking off constantly or is a bad employee in another way, and this may have just been the final straw. As with almost all FMLs, more information would be helpful, but I also don't want to read someone's life story. So we come here to the comments and have our own little brainstorming on what actually happened. That's where the real fun is. :)

That info is irrelevant. OP is allowed, by LAW, to use his/her vacation days any way he/she deems fit (it's not the US, you know). Work ethic has nothing to do with that. Only reason it can be denied is if it was too short notice, or business practice doesn't allow it.