Timeline for Team member falling asleep: who to talk to first as an external consultant?
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| May 18, 2019 at 15:36 | comment | added | Hilmar | Well intended answer but execution is wrong. Do NOT mention health or medical to anyone. Do NOT use these words. State the observed behavior but DO NOT speculate about the root cause. HIPAA rules are strict and complicated and you want to stay clear of this by a wide margin | |
| May 5, 2016 at 12:14 | comment | added | Old_Lamplighter | @codenoire which is why I told the OP to butt out. He's a contractor. | |
| May 4, 2016 at 20:36 | comment | added | Xavier J | My point is that HR is in a better position to ask the employee about health issues than the manager is, because they have the right training. | |
| May 4, 2016 at 20:31 | comment | added | Old_Lamplighter | @codenoire good luck with that. I saw an addict successfully beat that one by having his lawyer assert that denial is part of the disease so of COURSE he wouldn't come forward. Not only did he get his firing overturned, he got a HUUUUUUGE settlement. PLUS, the OP is a consultant. He'd be unwise to follow your advice. | |
| May 4, 2016 at 20:19 | comment | added | Xavier J | If there's a medical issue, it's the responsibility of the employee to bring it up to the manager and HR to see if accommodation can be made. The manager can't just randomly ask, "Is a health issue stopping you from staying awake???" -- that's improper. If a health issue is never put on the table, the employee is assumed to be capable of performing what's on the job description. | |
| May 4, 2016 at 20:11 | comment | added | Old_Lamplighter | Thanks for the downvote @codenoire. Just watch what happens when you discipline someone who has a health-issue. | |
| May 4, 2016 at 20:09 | comment | added | Xavier J | NO, leave health out of it completely. You can discuss loss of productivity, but never health. | |
| May 4, 2016 at 12:42 | comment | added | Old_Lamplighter | @RandyD along with about ten other conditions and/or their treatments. VERY dangerous road here. | |
| May 4, 2016 at 3:34 | comment | added | Randy D | To add to this. The question mentioned two symptoms of prescription painkiller use/abuse. Especially falling asleep while your talking to them. Be careful. | |
| May 3, 2016 at 19:19 | history | answered | Old_Lamplighter | CC BY-SA 3.0 |