I always believed that in Ontario an employer can terminate anyone for being excessively sick. Even if you get more rights to protect sick people, the end result will be that employers will demand as a condition of work a full medical and if you fail you will not be hired, just like with drug checks. Society should pay for sick people not   more »

N my case the onus was ruled as up to me to show, after the fact, that my MS caused poor clerical performance and an inability to do my work, which called for dismissal as a discipline, without notice. I was not in a union and I was a clerk   more »

Anaphylaxis is a medical emergency. This serious type of allergic reaction occurs after a person is exposed to an allergen (a substance they are allergic to), such as certain foods, medications, or insect stings. The body's immune system quickly reacts, causing swelling of the face and throat, difficulty breathing   more »

I am Canadian and my story took place in Canada. The Canadian MS Society, when consulted wrote that they would not intervene legally, with legal advice to do so. Despite that, I think the medical advice - - that predicted that I was fit and always able to do any type of work –even though I was   more »

was told too late after the fact, that I should have applied for the disability leave benefits they cancelled by my dismissal, without notice, for inability to perform my work. I believe that type of reasoning is absurd. If they thought I was disabled why discipline? Yet I lost on those grounds in the court decision and my   more »

Helper T cells are actually quite important and interesting. They are activated by Interleukin-1, produced by macrophages. Once activated, Helper T cells produce Interleukin-2, then ...   more »