Snotbubbles
Footballguy
Long story short.
My wife is a nurse at the same hospital for nearly 20 years. Spotless record, has always gotten great performance reviews. She works a lot of night shifts and has had trouble sleeping for the past 10 years. On her last shift she was accused by her supervisor of sleeping at the nurses station. She has been asked by her supervisor to attend a meeting with HR tomorrow morning.
1. Can I attend the meeting as an observer?
2. What defenses can she put on to avoid termination?
3. Her HR policies require progressive disciplinary actions (oral warning, then written, then probation). However, sleeping on the job may qualify as willfully negligent misconduct which doesn't require progressive discipline.
She's trying to work on getting a co-worker to provide evidence, if needed, that she was not sleeping. Any employment lawyers have any advice?
My wife is a nurse at the same hospital for nearly 20 years. Spotless record, has always gotten great performance reviews. She works a lot of night shifts and has had trouble sleeping for the past 10 years. On her last shift she was accused by her supervisor of sleeping at the nurses station. She has been asked by her supervisor to attend a meeting with HR tomorrow morning.
1. Can I attend the meeting as an observer?
2. What defenses can she put on to avoid termination?
3. Her HR policies require progressive disciplinary actions (oral warning, then written, then probation). However, sleeping on the job may qualify as willfully negligent misconduct which doesn't require progressive discipline.
She's trying to work on getting a co-worker to provide evidence, if needed, that she was not sleeping. Any employment lawyers have any advice?