If his communication problem is enough of a problem where it is a hinderance to his and other employees jobs, then this particular employee needs to be told so. Not moved around passive aggressively and other employees in his work place trying to find ways to work with him in a gossipy manner.
As Borg says, failure of this kind of communication to him is also a problem if he is not being told it is as big as a problem as it is being made here in this thread.
Sending him to night shift eliminated the problem... Hopefully.
Being in management means more than just saying "you're fired" you know. Forget what you see on reality TV shows. In a company that actually cares for the employee welfare, we try to make things work. In this case, night shift is the first step toward solving the issue. If night shift doesn't work out, we will try something else.
I may voice my frustration here, but out in the real world I try to think of possible ways to bring him around.
If you think being in management means we can't wait to fire somebody, then you are gravely mistaken. Just sayin'.

