Woman in Coma for a Year is Fired - Union Protests
From il Corriere della Sera:
An unfortunate woman who has been in a coma for more than a year, and is, sadly, described as being in a "vegetative state" recently received a letter notifying her of the termination of her work contract, seeing as how she had not been to work in more than a year. Perhaps not the most tactful way of handling the situation, but I think her employer's position is pretty clear.
What's more, the CGIL union is apparently working with the family to fight her firing, or ask that she be reinstated.
I can understand the debate about workers' rights, but... a brain dead person? I thought their career possibilities were mostly limited to politics, rather than private sector jobs.
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