Issue with My Vacation Time, what do you think...

Obviously I need to work this out with HR but what do you guys think, do I have a case?

I live NORTH in the blizzard zone. Those days at the beginning of the year where the temps were in the -20’s my boss let our office know that we could work from home if that made us comfortable. He said he would be in but if we had the ability to work from home to do so. Well, I am the office admin. so the only work I could do from home was check emails. No one was going to be in the office but my boss so there would be very VERY little for me to do.

It was -24 that morning, my garage door wouldn’t open, my car wouldn’t start, and I had a long walk to the bus stop (which wouldn’t be safe to wait at anyway). Uber’s were surge pricing and would cost me more than a days pay. I decided to stay home. I sent an email to the office and stated I would be checking emails from home. The next day was the same story. He said again if we need to work from home do so and stay safe. Everyone replied that they would be staying home. I did a ton of work from home.

Well my boss (who handles my timecard and time off – I am also the only employee managed by him) took 2 vacation days from me.

Am I wrong to think that those days should be paid or at least partially paid? If it’s a snow day and the boss says don’t come in, then the company bites the bullet and gives us a freebie day right?

I am working out an email to HR requesting at least 1 vacation day be added for me. I’m trying to think right about this though. What do you think?