“Offer suggestions to help, and remind the employee that sleeping on the job is unacceptable and what the consequences will be.” ![]() ![]() “Talk to the employee and find the reason behind them sleeping on the job,” said Laura Anderson, a human resources supervisor at Reno, Nev.-based EE Technologies, an electronics manufacturing company. When an employee sleeps on the job, a manager’s first task is to ascertain the reason for the fatigue: Is the worker hung over because of late-night partying or a second job? Is he suffering from a medical condition such as narcolepsy or sleep apnea? Does she use prescribed drugs or undergo medical procedures that leave her tired? Is he suffering unusual stress or anxiety that makes it hard to sleep? Perhaps life events-like a newborn-mean the worker is pulling all-nighters. Perhaps they don’t affect his work, but you’re wondering if you should say or do something. ![]() Maybe his naps are interfering with deadlines or meetings. Two or three times a week, you find him in a break room chair, catching some Zs-and not just during the lunch hour.
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