Pizza Hut Rehires Manager Who Refused to Work on Thanksgiving [Video]

After working as a manager at a Pizza Hut franchise in Elkhart, Indiana for 10 years, Tony Rohr was fired after he told his superiors that he refused to open on Thanksgiving Day.

Rohr, 28, says that he refused to open on the national holiday this year and force his employees to work. In response, he was told to write a letter of resignation, but instead he wrote one explaining why the store should remain closed.

"I said why can't we be the company that stands up and says we care about your employees and you can have the day off," Rohr told CNN affiliate WSBT on Wednesday. "Thanksgiving and Christmas are the only two days that they're closed in the whole year. And they're the only two days that those people are guaranteed to have off to spend with their families."

Rohr said that he refused to quit and vocalized his frustration in the letter.

"I accept that the refusal to comply with this greedy, immoral request means the end of my tenure with this company," he says he wrote. "I hope you realize that it is the people at the bottom of the totem pole that make your life possible."

As a result, he says he was fired shortly thereafter, reports Fox 31 Denver.

However, the local franchise told WSBT that he was not fired, but that he quit. Pizza Hut's corporate office told CNN the franchise "made a serious error in judgment, one which we hope to help remedy."

It also sent CNN a statement that said the store has agreed to hire him back.

"We fully respect an employee's right to not work on a holiday, which is why the vast majority of Pizza Huts in America are closed on Thanksgiving," the corporate office said in a statement. "As a result, we strongly recommended that the local franchisee reinstate the store manager and they have agreed. We look forward to them welcoming Tony back to the team."

There is no word on whether Rohr will continue to work at the branch.