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If it’s consistently happening, start writing her up verbal warning first then a written warning or whatever follow your handbook then tell her to go to the doctor and bring a note back saying that she has low sugar or whatever it is that’s making her feel so dizzy or just let her know that she might not be cut out for this job and you also have the right to suspend her if she keeps leaving early cause she’s unable to fulfill her position and the job description
I would check your works policy on leave and see if there's a clause for there being a "pattern of abuse". If the employee tries to leave early everyday, there may be a section that addresses this with a leave restriction where the employee who is suspected of taking leave in an abnormal pattern and would require, for a certain amount of time, to be put on leave restriction and require a doctor's note everytime they left early or called out.
You should start cutting their hours, apparently, they make enough each shift to leave early, if you cut their hours, they will be hungry for the money and smarten up?
To be clear, I know she is faking. If I say she can go home, she gets a wave of energy and packs up her things and almost runs to her car. Then she'll be active on SM all day.
My manager started asking my “trouble” coworkers to either provide a doctor’s note or they’d have their hours cut to give more hours to other people who did want to show up and work. Basically “if you want to be home, then be home, we won’t schedule you as often”. Suddenly the trouble coworkers started feeling a lot better all of a sudden. Not sure if that would work in your case, some people are just entirely unmotivated and uninterested in working, but you could try something similar? Sometimes people who don’t want to be at work but need the hours make a miraculous recovery once their hours are threatened. Since it’s been allowed to happen so much she’s probably comfortable continuing to do it
How you deal with something like this is you enforce your work policies & leave it at that.
If somebody has to leave because they're sick, then they need to provide a doctor's note.
This could work because who's going to pay to see the doctors all the time when they're faking?
I'd also let her know that her problems are not yours or the teams, so she needs to get checked out if she's regularly feeling sick. Tell her also being sick all the time doesn't help her keep her job, & you need somebody who can be at work, not sick all the time.
Have Mercy
She will need a medical note if there is something that affects her job, if it’s personal do what you can if it’s relationship issues. I’ve had this before, they technically can’t handle the job!
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I’d first express concern to not come off as heartless. I’d offer to adjust her schedule if that helps, to offer accommodation for whatever she is going through. If she says she can cover her schedule as is, I’d express care for her situation but also reiterate expectations for her to fulfill scheduled hours. I think that conversation will be telling, in their reaction, when they realize their hours can be cut….
I think she has relationship issues. Sounds like she is suffering from separation anxiety. Probably has a very controlling partner and she gets anxious being away from him/her. Either that or she has a drinking or drug problem.
I would talk to them about the issue and if it persists go on with termination, some people just can’t handle a job. If they ask for more hours or have a strict schedule already they’re just making themselves unavailable.
You know what you need to do. Just give her a couple days of cleaning the lot.
I would pull the policy on attendance and read it. At my old organization early departure was half an occurrence. Or let her know that by her not completing her shifts you will have to place her as part time or prn because you need someone who is committed into working their scheduled shift
Let him go forever
start giving her less hours.
Had one like that before, I slowly started dropped her shifts, a day here, a day there. Whenever she questioned it - “Oh sorry, you looked really rough last week, thought a 3 day weekend would be good for you, as calling in sick would go on your record.” After she’d lost around 6/7 shifts this way, she made a miraculous recovery. She was an excellent worker, didn’t really want to lose her. If she isn’t any good, there are ways to work her out of the business permanently though.