4) Sharon Goodwill has worked for five years for the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue. She is an adequate employee with no substantial problems or commendations in her employment file. Recently, however, Sharon has experienced some personal problems including a divorce and a child custody battle. She has missed a substantial amount of days and has begun to make major mistakes on the job. She has been diagnosed as suffering from clinical depression.

a) If you were Sharons immediate supervisor, how would you handle this situation? Apply the policy of progressive discipline to this case.

b) If the situation resulted in several bad performance evaluations, what steps could you take to dismiss this employee?

c) Is there just cause for firing this employee (Daugherty Standards)? What rights does the employee have in this situation?