How much?!!?

I almost fell off my seat when I came across this story relating to a case brought against Honda in Canada for unfairly dismissing an employee suffering from ME/CFS.

$500,000 Canadian compensation! Holy cow. After reading the full article I actually feel some sympathy for Honda as the guy was obviously incapable of working with his illness. Still, if you don't take it seriously the implications can be huge and if you ride over the employee's rights, even down to the level of basic human dignity, then you're going to pay... if you're in Canada and come up against Mr. Justice John McIsaac of the Ontario Superior Court (top man in my book).

I've been lucky enough to manage holding down my job without much hassle (to the detriment of my personal life it must be said) but I did once feel so bad I had a little sleep underneath my desk, I wasn't missed strangely enough. Maybe I should try for an unfair dismissal ($500,000 Canadian is about £200,000 I think).