Employee blames consistent lateness on childcare, gets upset when they get fired for their timekeeping: 'They rolled in at 10:15 AM because of a morning emergency'

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• In this story, the boss of an engineering company faced an ongoing problem with one of his junior employees constantly being late. Workers were expected to be in the office by 8 AM, but this employee didn't get there until 45 to 90 minutes after that several times a week.

  Their excuse for this was their struggles with childcare, and the boss tried to be accommodating by telling them that they could start at 9 instead. However, their lateness continued. After an incident where they were late enough to jeopardize a deadline for a big project, he decided he had to let them go. They were angry, and he was feeling some guilt about how he handled the situation. 

• Am I wrong for firing an employee who keeps coming in late because of childcare issues?

  

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