Jun 2 • General discussion
My flabber has been well and truly gasted!!
I’ve just come across something that’s left me genuinely flabbergasted.
An employer dismissed someone after they were diagnosed with a terminal illness — and apparently did it in a way that is technically fully within the bounds of the law.
On paper, everything seems “correct”: the process was followed, the documentation is in order, the policy boxes are ticked. No obvious breach. And yet… stepping back from the legal framework, it feels deeply unsettling.
It raises a difficult question about the gap between what is legal and what is humanly right. Because even if something is compliant, it can still feel profoundly wrong in terms of dignity, compassion, and basic humanity.
It also makes me think about how policies are designed to protect organisations from risk — but don’t always account for the lived reality of the person on the receiving end.
I don’t have an easy takeaway here. I just feel unsettled by how something can be processed “correctly” and still land so badly on a human level.
Curious how others see this — where do you think the line should be between legal compliance and ethical responsibility in situations like this?
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My flabber has been well and truly gasted!!
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