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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I talked to the employee. It sounds like her DH does not help with the school drop off and pickup and afer school activities. That is not grounds for an accomodation. I am the parent of school aged kids and we pay for after care, arrange carpools, stagger our schedules for after school activities. I appreciated her honesty with me but this is not grounds for not presenting. Her children are also HS aged so she will need to figure out her job and home responsibilities. I guess in the pandemic, she got used to picking up kids after school, etc. We are in hybrid environment and she has the ability to flex hours so she had been doing this to pick up kids then working once home or taking leave. I don't know what to say. I was not expecting this at all![/quote]

PP here. I won't go off on your employee, but yes, that's not grounds for accommodation. I would move forward with documenting this per HR guidelines.

[b]I feel for her, but she knew the job she was in.[/b] And it sounds like there's a lot of flexibility for her quite honestly. I've been solo parenting for two years and there are times when I tell my kids that no, I can't take them on X day. You try to find rides or they have to take the late bus, bike, walk, or take the occasional Uber. High schoolers don't need an after school pickup every day.[/quote]

It sounds like her DH changed, so she had the job before this situation came about.

This is exactly why women can’t get ahead in workforce — there isn’t RA for child logistics, but it’s not like they can drive themselves. [/quote]

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