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Sleeping issues | Worker sent home for 'napping' says he was closing eyes to 'solve a problem' - is employee rest an HR issue?

Worker sent home for 'napping' says he was closing eyes to 'solve a problem' - is employee rest an HR issue?

An employee claims he was wrongfully sent home from work after being accused of sleeping on the job whilst closing his eyes to “figure out a complicated issue.”

In a Reddit post on the thread ‘antiwork’, the disappointed employee explains that that he was sent home from work for sleeping but was “actually just reclined back in (his) chair, eyes closed, (and) trying to figure out a complicated issue.”

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