I think this has more to do with European employment regulations then what is &#x27;fair&#x27;, and your company doesn&#x27;t have much choice in the matter. Think of it from another perspective, if someone isn&#x27;t culpable of flagrant misconduct then whatever issue management have with them could be for a number of reasons including sexual or racial bias, I think forcing the company to enact due process is needed to help eliminate some of the ugly politics in firing someone.