+1 LW1 may feel disclosing all details will be risky for her, but "as you may know, because he has been open about it, Bob and I have separated. What he hasn't been open about is that we've separated because he's having an affair, and I find the situation very painful." That's ordinary, human context that tells the manager that LW is having a tough time for very understandable reasons.
Second one, this sounds possibly like a relatively young person, and frankly, some of them are idiots about reasonable behaviour as an employee. I'd also wonder whether he has a second job, possibly evening or casual work, as a reason for absences (I have known this in practice). Alison's response seems appropriate, ultimately you can’t be more invested in keeping him employed than he is in staying employed is a good way of putting it.
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+1 LW1 may feel disclosing all details will be risky for her, but "as you may know, because he has been open about it, Bob and I have separated. What he hasn't been open about is that we've separated because he's having an affair, and I find the situation very painful." That's ordinary, human context that tells the manager that LW is having a tough time for very understandable reasons.
Second one, this sounds possibly like a relatively young person, and frankly, some of them are idiots about reasonable behaviour as an employee. I'd also wonder whether he has a second job, possibly evening or casual work, as a reason for absences (I have known this in practice). Alison's response seems appropriate, ultimately you can’t be more invested in keeping him employed than he is in staying employed is a good way of putting it.