"OCF Down Under" "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: May 2010 Posts: 638 | is it legal to terminate someone who is off work due to illness? It is certainly illegal here in Australia.
Having said that, employers have ways around it and my Alex agreed to be terminated after 12 months because he thought it unfair on the employer. I had a different attitude to it but it isn't my life ...
Karen Love of Life to Alex T4N2M0 SCC Tonsil, BOT, R lymph nodes Dx March 2010 51yrs. Unresectable. HPV+ve Tx Chemo x 3+1 cycles(cisplatin,docetaxel,5FU)- complete May 31 Chemoradiation (IMRTx35 + weekly cisplatin) Finish Aug 27 Return to work 2 years on 3 years out Aug 27 2013 NED  Still underweight
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