Is it ethical to exclude terminally ill employees from end-of-year layoffs? [closed]
Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP .everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty margin-bottom:0; up vote 6 down vote favorite 1 Recently, we've heard a lot about Microsoft's stack ranking system and Yahoo's "Quarterly Performance Review" system. My Question: Is it ethical for companies to exclude terminally ill employees from the end-of-year layoffs attached to these programs? My Concern: Making an exception, even for terminal illness, might start the company down a slippery slope and force it to make other exceptions for other kinds of hardships. EDIT: @Greg McNulty just submitted a comment that deserves more exploration. someone terminally ill just got let go here. Seems harsh. â Greg McNulty 4 mins ago It is harsh. But it would also be harsh to lay off an employee whose two children were paralyzed in a car accident. And it would also be harsh to lay off a single mom who's living paycheck-to-paycheck while ...