confidentiality

[funkydiva56]

if i tell my manager why i might need a couple of hours off and he needs to get cover from a collegue, does she have to tell my collegue why i need the time off or just to cover me.

[JRB]

Surely if you ask to have the matter kept confidential your manager would have no need to tell your colleague, it is none of his/her business.

[aristotle]

I agree.

[MrBen5]

If you instruct your manage that you wish nobody to know, then she has to keep it secret. If she doesnt, go see your personelle manager. Your manager doesnt need an excuse to tell people what job they want them to do. She shouldnt be in that position if she cant manage her people...

[Yorkie580]

It might be that the reason you want time off isn't classified as being good enough to pay someone opvertime in order to copver you.

If that's the case then it may be that the only way to get someone to do it voluntarily would be to explain the circumstances.

Did you discuss it first?