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245. Danielle Wood's reply (CC Emma Horwood):
Bart just for clarity, your information is incorrect, Cathy is no longer with the business. Danielle Wood

246. Still on the same day 23rd April 2018 I replied to Danielle Wood and Emma Horwood to express my bewilderment about Cathy Gosseye's unexpected leaving. This further reduction of the team that was already under half of its strength made me despair that they would do everything to further sabotage my holiday. It looked then that the only option left for me to go on my much needed, for mental health reasons, week away was never going to happen unless I stopped working for the company. I had by then already studied some of the laws in Gibraltar for instance the Bullying at Work Act 2014 that I had already mentioned earlier in a meeting with HR on 9th April 2018 (fourteen days earlier) and that was also written in the minutes. I was also aware of the possibility to claim for Constructive or Unfair Dismissal if I left under these circumstances. Therefore I pointed out again that they were pushing me in the direction of having to go to court to protect my rights. The option to go to court was already mentioned by me in writing on 13th April 2018. I hoped that bringing the legal option up again for a third time would convince them that I was serious about this.

247. My reply to Danielle Wood:
What a disaster... Now also Cathy left... I'm deeply shocked.
I understand from your replies that if I want to go to Belgium as requested, I will be forced to leave the business too? Is that the solution you propose? Let the courts decide? It seems like you leave me no other option.
Bart


248. The most shocking aspect of this holiday request saga was the company's total lack of empathy with an employee with mental health problems. I had already indicated that my mental health problems were continuing and potentially getting worse. Danielle Wood from HR, the same person who mentioned the Duty of Care to me, did not obviously care at all about her Duty of Care. Exactly the same had happened with Dennis Dorland who was

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