http://www.fastcompany.com/member_recent_content/114913 Member recent activity block for member profile page xx http://www.fastcompany.com/node/834808 <p>Showing up for work is still a job requirement regardless of the immediate cause. Companies have (should have) a corrective action program for absences and follow it. The issue of absenteeism is being confused with the obese preface. Personal behavior only becomes an issue when it interferes with a person’s ability or other associates ability to do their job. </p> <p>So rewind the statement - “Businesses that fire . . . employees who . . . miss work . . . are . . . justified . . ."</p> 834808 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:51:19 -0400 Joe Schmid 834808 at http://www.fastcompany.com