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Do we have to tolerate threats from bipolar worker?

by 10/17/2012

Q. After an employee threatened a co-worker with violence, we gave her a warning. When she did it again, she told her boss she was bipolar and going through a prescription change. She was unaware she made the comments. Do we have to tolerate this behavior now that we know she may be disabled?

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