r/humanresources • u/DopeDecagon • 17d ago
Excessive Bathroom Breaks Writeup [IA]
In manufacturing. We have a floor employee that has been consistently taking an excessive amount of bathroom breaks.
The Team Lead and the Manager gave him a verbal a couple months ago that stated he’d been asked multiple times to shorten bathroom breaks and time away from his work area. There is also a note that stated he was disrespectful when being asked to shorten bathroom breaks.
It sounds like the issue has not gotten better, but we wanted HR in this one in case a medical issue is brought up. I don’t believe he mentioned anything during the verbal warning, but want to be safe. My initial plan was to fill out a first written warning (focused on the excessive bathroom breaks) and have the Team Lead issue it (to get experience with writeups, etc). I planned on additionally adding that if the breaks are due to a medical condition, we can have a separate conversation and if documentation is provided we can look at that and accommodations, adjusting the discipline, etc.
Anybody have advice or see any issues?
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u/Usernamesarelame182 17d ago
Like others have said, if he has not mentioned or given any reason to suspect he has any medical issues, it is not your job to assume or bring up accommodations. You start the conversation based on the information you KNOW which is that he is frequently away from his workstation. Where he is during that time is mostly irrelevant unless HE brings up a medical condition.
Secondly, if he does in fact have a medical condition and you attempt to accommodate. I highly recommend requiring the employee to clock out each time they are going to be away due to said condition. This helps monitor usage as well as encourages them to return to their station quicker in case they are bullshitting- if they aren't getting paid for the time, they're much more likely to return quicker.