Changing his employment category triggered a full review of his contract terms, his social insurance contributions, and the benefits package he'd been on since he joined, so there was this gap of several months where certain things he'd had for years were technically suspended
Personally, I believe a person is innocent until proven guilty. I hope you do, too. Gossip is never truth, without proven facts. Think about the harm you can cause by thoughtlessly repeating unproven gossip. Next time it might be you.
Sometimes when I drift off / zone out, for a few seconds I’m completely cut off from reality. I don’t respond to people then and I don’t register what’s happening around me. In my head, I hear many distinct conversations at once, often in the voices of people I know.