| Indefinite leave of absence a tricky situation
Q. We have a long-term employee who is suffering from chronic diabetes. He went out on disability in July 2006 to begin treatments. We expected him to be away for about two months.
More than a year later, he hasn't come back. Several months after he left, we received a disability claim from him. No money has been paid yet, nor has a hearing been scheduled.
In the meantime, the head of human resources has met with the employee to see what was going on and to determine if the guy could come back to work. Unfortunately, we've had no luck in persuading him to come back. So my first question is: Can we terminate him, or would the repercussions be too great?
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Ponderings from PapaBear
The NFL regular season has come to a close and the Cleveland Browns just missed making the playoffs. A few weeks ago it sure looked like they were in good shape as far as the post season was concerned, but I guess it just wasn't meant to be. Still, the Browns did register a victory over the San Francisco 49ers in their final game and there will be high hopes for this team entering the 2008 season. The Brownies finished with a 10-6 record, far exceeding expectations for this team entering 2007. This is the first time this franchise has reached a double digit win total since they re-entered the league in 1999. They provided many thrills for their die hard fans this season and belive me it was long overdue. I grew up in Cleveland and have been a life long Browns fan, so the following opinion might be a bit bias.
Mary-Kate Olsen's minder's saw Heath Ledger first: witness
Heath is unconscious. I don't know what to do!" Ms Wolozin screamed in her first call to Olsen, police reportedly said. Olsen, who has an apartment around the corner from Ledger's - but who was in Utah for the Sundance Film Festival at the time - replied: "I'm sending my private security there." When Ms Wolozin then found Ledger had turned cold she called Olsen again, saying: "I think he may be dead." Rather than suggest she call 911, Olsen said: "I already have people coming over." A police source reportedly said later: "So, why wasn't the first call to 911? People who work for the stars are consumed with how things appear." It has been suggested the bodyguards may have "cleared" the scene. No illegal drugs were found in the apartment. Results of toxicology tests from a post-mortem are not expected for a week.
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