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Can an employer fire you for having cancer?
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NO: If you go to work , perform what you are expected to do in your job you can not be fired from your job.You do not even have to disclose you illness to the employer that you have cancer.
Answered 3/21/2012
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Employment at will: An employer can fire a person for no reason. Employment at will is the law of the land.
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