Coordinating family and medical leave
Question One
The question that I would first ask the manager is whether he knew that one of his employees was taking regular leaves every Friday for the past few months. The question would help address the understaffing issues and determine the reasons behind the regular Friday leaves. The answer would determine whether the employee has some authorization or was violating the organizational policies, thus leading to staffing problems (Lopez and Blair, 2018).
Question Two
My next step would be informing the manager of the attendance rates as the employee falls in the manager’s department. Secondly, I would inform the manager of the speculations that the employee might have a chronic health condition (Johnston, 2019).
Question Three
If the manager is aware of the situation, I would seek to understand why the human resource department was not informed despite being charged with staffing duties. I would regard this as a conflict in the managerial and human resource duties (Glasgow, 2018).
Question Four
The fact that other employees are aware of the condition means that there is an infringement to the privacy of the employees. It is a violation of the employees’ rights and may trigger different legal consequences. In dealing with the issue, I would seek the consent of the employee in communicating the issues with other staff. I would seek to inform them about the provisions of the FMLA and the considerations before one is granted a health leave(Ruhm, 2017).
Question Five
The creation of organizational policies on issues such as health, privacy, and collaboration among departments would reduce a reoccurrence of the issue. These policies would highlight the duties and responsibilities of each employee. It would ensure that there is conformity to the set laws and regulations (Gorm and Shklovski, 2016).
References
Lopez, P., & Blair, S. (2018). Coordinating family and medical leave. Nursing Management, 49(3), 7-8.
Ruhm, C. J. (2017). A national paid parental leave policy for the United States. Driving Growth through Women’s Economic Participation, 107.
Glasgow, K. (2018). A strategic model of temporary staffing. Routledge.
Gorm, N., & Shklovski, I. (2016, May). Sharing steps in the workplace: Changing privacy concerns over time. In Proceedings of the 2016 CHI conference on human factors in computing systems (pp. 4315-4319).
Johnston, A. (2019). Privacy: Training is the key to avoiding legal liability for rogue employees. LSJ: Law Society of NSW Journal, (55), 80.