You're fired if you are late reporting back to work.

The son of my mother's friend claims to have worked with Todd Palin at BP for several years.
Todd Palin was given a 3 month leave of absence after Sarah Palin was selected to be John McCain's running mate. The son says that BP agreed to give Todd the time off, but if Palin was one minute late in reporting back on the job then he would be fired.
Anyone else heard anything about this?