Our US HR manager was recently admitted to hospital with high blood pressure causing her to collapse. She spent the night in CICU and was released (at her request) this morning.  In the past, she has been diagnosed by her doctor as having high blood pressure due to her weight, diet and general state of health - he has put her on a regime which she says she has been following. I haven't contacted her doctor so only know what she has told us. Her twin sister died of a heart related illness.

When I spoke to her on the phone earlier today, she pretty much said that the collapse had been brought on by the company due to stressful situations at work with staff and general morale. I did point out that the HR role is a challenging one. I do not feel that her role is stressful (she manages a warehouse of 51 people with local admin support and support from UK on strategy). She has minimal projects (compared to her peers in the UK) and is trusted to manage her workload as she sees fit. She receives regular support by conference calls with the team and twice yearly visits to her (she is also due to visit us in October).   I have had to pull her up on recent occasions due to her going out of the office for a day without telling me.  I have also had to remind her of her title as she has inflated it to that of a Snr Exec in the company.  I gave her the project of carrying out 360 reviews for the mgmt team in the US as they are a remote office so finding out what is really going on can be tricky.  She has done this but failed to do so for herself.  I feel this is behind all her claims rather than than the day to day work.  It is a shame as we have really tried to do everything to make her life easier - perhaps overcompensating for the fact that she is not sitting with the rest of the team.

This said I have also been mindful of a potential health/stress related claim from her and have dealt with her in the way that UK law recommends. Unfortunately, I have no understanding of US law regarding this and am concerned that we do the right thing.

Does anyone have any pearls of wisdom?