Gone Too Much

Do you have problems with people are absent more days than your policy allows? Is it having a negative impact on their productivity, department, or the overall company? You can make attendance a valid requirement for the job and dismiss people if they are absent too often. Make sure your attendance policy is very clear, and applies to everyone in that job category. Describe what entails violation of that policy. Attendance is a requirement for the job, and failure to meet that requirement becomes a grounds for dismissal, according to a recent US Sixth Court of Appeals ruling (No. 02-3633) decision. The court decided that not coming to work cannot be a valid A.D.A. accommodation, because you have to be at work to receive the accommodation ( I am not giving legal advise, just citing a case). Finally some common sense from the courts!