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> ...and implies staff will be able to provide alternative suggestions. Which is quite plainly bananas.

Why is that bananas? When covid hit my country, the national airline fired ~90% of flight attendants. They had been willing to be put on leave with 0 pay until the airline needed them again, but the airline wasn't interested in that. They were very happy to have an excuse to get rid of these long-serving employees and hire fresh-faced 18-25yr olds on starter salaries in their stead.

Having a mandated process like you mentioned (maybe for companies with more than 50 employees) could have made a massive difference in an instance like this.

The flight attendants in my example eventually all got their jobs back, but only after a years-long legal battle during which some lost their homes and most had a very tough time.