The Young Leader Challenge: Dealing with team members who lie for a day off

The workplace of today is not the easiest of places to settle into comfortably. With the daily pulls & pushes from clients & customers, demanding bosses, tight deadlines...the list goes on.

The objective of The Young Leader Challenge is to bring together and share various perspectives around a circumstance/issue that one could face in the workplace.

Case Study

A team member in a critical project asked Rajeev for three days off from work. Since project deadlines were close and a lot of work was pending, Rajeev declined. Next day, the team member called him and said he was down with viral fever. A day later, another team member told Rajeev that he had seen the unwell team member at a mall, shopping. What should Rajeev do?

A. Talk to the employee and take action

B. Informally warn the employee

C. Ignore. It's not a big deal

D. Any other

Let us know your comments (50 words max.) by today.

Please remember to share your full name as part of the answer.

The best answers will be featured in The Economic Times issue dated 20 November, 2012.