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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
But that's not what I'm suggesting, and I've explained this 5 times already. Please, get this: if they were going to fire her anyway (let's say discussions had been had, HR had been notified, they had decided on Friday, maybe Monday, maybe next Friday, maybe they didn't have a firm date, whatever) and she comes in on Thursday and says "I need two weeks off" then that would give reason to accelerate the firing (not to CAUSE it).
You're confused. The mental health issue is irrelevant outside of the timing. It is not a human rights issue to fire someone on a Thursday because you want to do it before they take time off.
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Ya I sort of get where you're coming from but you're graying an important distinction here: someone who's on the brink of termination vs someone who's fate has been decided and not yet carried out.
I know that in my workplace it's highly unusual to have someone working there you decided to fire due to privacy and business "secrets". It's a dangerous slippery slope to say it's ok to fire someone for mental illness you had intended to fire anyways because it opens the door to the scenario we find ourselves in now.