Dismissing Employees with Long-Term Illnesses

Facilities managers and contractors should always be aware of the difficulties of dealing with long-term sick employees and the dangers of dismissing them. It is always dangerous to assume that a contract has been frustrated for illness but a recent case - Collins -v- Secretary of State for Trade and Industry - shows that sometimes this can happen. In this particular case an employee was actually asked if he wished to stay on the company's books or take redundancy because of sickness. The evi... (78 more words)

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