California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Phillips v. State Personnel Bd., 184 Cal.App.3d 651, 229 Cal.Rptr. 502 (Cal. App. 1986):
Moreover, the burden of proof is upon the employer to show the absence was unauthorized or that the employer reasonably believed an abandonment had occurred. (Curia v. Civil Service Comm. (1981) 126 Cal.App.3d 994, 1008-1009, 179 Cal.Rptr. 476.)
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