Taking Action Against A Chronically Ill Employee
02/05/2001
We have an employee who is chronically absent due to illness. It's always a day here, a day there. Nothing major. Stomach flu. Cold. Food Poisoning. Virus. Can we take disciplinary action against this person? Require them to take vitamins, eat right, exercise? (I'm stretching it, but this person eats candy bars at her desk for breakfast on the mornings she is in the bank.) Can we prohibit her from taking any vacation time until her attendance improves? What are the boundaries of what we can and can't do?