It *is* discriminatory, make no mistake about it, but it's hard to prove. :-(

This most often is the scenario when a cancer patient successfully goes through a round of treatment and then comes back to work full time.  Then a lot of times the job is eliminated.  No link established between an illness and the loss of a job. :-(

Kat

-------Original Message-------
From: "BG Greer, PhD" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 07/15/03 03:12 PM
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Subject: Re: [Fwd: Firms Fire Disabled Workers to Save Health-Care Costs]

>
> Kat,

       I can understand the economics and maybe I am naive,  but to
terminate
employees with catastophic conditions seems cruel. As a HR person, do you
believe
they are on firm legal grounds? It would seem they are discriminating. In
end
stages, most such conditions would effect performance.

Bobby


>  Companies have been quietly terminating employees who have cancer,
AIDS,
> etc. because of high medical costs, but officially due to performance
issues.
>
>