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Dozing at desk? Hold your fire; consider ADA

01/28/2010

Don’t automatically pull the termination trigger if an employee nods off at his desk. If the heavy-eyed worker mentions a health issue that could be causing the sleepiness, you may need to accommodate it as a qualifying ADA disability. That situation is often raised when employees take medications that, as a side effect, cause drowsiness.

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