Rewrite the following negative message so it follows the guidelines for negative messages:

Dear Valued Employee:

I’m afraid the company will not be able to grant you your requested vacation time at this particular time. You recently took your allotted time of maternity leave, and the company has a policy that states employees may not take vacation time so soon after a long leave (even if it was for a baby).

The company also had to pay for your replacement to work here while you were on maternity leave, so we would appreciate it if you would clock some hours in the office.

I can recommend to you that you try submitting your vacation request again in approximately 10–12 weeks. Other than that, there is nothing that I can do for you.

We are so glad to have you as a valued employee here at VegCo.

Have a Veggie-riffic day!

Claire- HR