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An employee has exhausted their protected leave, and the extension they requested has been denied. Walk me through how you deliver the decision and what you put on the table.

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I'd deliver the decision and its basis plainly: the protected leave is exhausted, we evaluated the extension as an accommodation, and we can't grant it because the role's essential…

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