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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]My HR wants me to send her a memo about leave restriction for unscheduled leave. I think that is a little excessive. [b]She has no performance issues [/b]and I see this as a conduct thing. [b]However, she is placing me in a bad position as another team member has to present and many times, I have presented for her.[/b] Most people on my team enjoy traveling, so that is not as big a deal. What would you do? [/quote]

I don't know how you could possibly think this isn't a performance issue.  She's not doing her job, and others are forced to pock up the slack, including her supervisor.  That's the definition of a performance issue.  And if it's legit, there's no reason to not seek an accommodation - that's the whole point of an accommodation.

You should involve HR.  [/quote]

It seems hard to imagine someone saying an absence was “life or death” without it being a significant thing unless the employee is really wacky in which case you’d probably know that already. If she’s otherwise a levelheaded seeming person it dies sound like there’s something significant going on / the person mentioning IVF might be on to something.

Is she absent other times that don’t correspond with needing to present or travel? If not…that’s a little weird it it’s more than 2-3 times and only on those occasions. If she’s just been out a lot in general, could you limit her role on some of these things for a while - especially travel, since it sounds like others would be happy to do it, but it’s hard to sub someone in at the last moment.[/quote]

OP here. I hate to comment on someone's mental health, but this employee can be a bit dramatic. Once she was upset that we were asked to provide pictures for Zoom conference. Yet she is very active on social media. She often balks about providing her bio for conferences and speaking sessions, yet she is constantly bragging about her past experiences in the private sector and high profile boss on the Hill. [/quote]

She’s working multiple jobs.

That’s why she doesn’t want her pic and bio out there and google able. [/quote]

I like this theory.[/quote]

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