A nurse is frequently absent on Fridays. The nurse phones and reports as sick, but the manager discovers that the absences are due to child care issues. How should the manager document this on the critical incident form?
1. Voluntary absence on multiple Fridays due to child care issues
2. Absence frequency on Fridays
3. Total time lost includes Fridays
4. Involuntarily absent due to family circumstances
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Rationale 1: Voluntary absenteeism is not coming to work due to a problem that is under the employee's control. Child care problems are under the employee's control.
Rationale 2: Absence frequency is the total number of distinct absence periods that an employee has been absence and is not tied to a specific day.
Rationale 3: The fact that Friday is included in the total time lost is not significant.
Rationale 4: Involuntary absence is due to something outside the employee's control such as illness.
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