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clause and I would emphasise to you that this continues to apply after your association with the Company ends.
If you have any questions or need any clarification on any of the points please do let me know.
Yours sincerely,
Emma Horwood
Human Resources


305. The termination of employment letter was a nice doctored selection of events and communications trying to show that I was a bad employee and, conveniently for them, entirely ignored the many times I had brought up my mental health problems and the ongoing risks for it. The letter mentioned the suspension with full pay but not that this only came after I had surrendered several of my annual leave days to give Danielle Wood time to find a solution and do an investigation. They wrote that I had left them with no option but to terminate my employment but then they point out the eleven annual leave days available that could have been used for extra time to find a solution. They could have also asked me to continue on leave without pay till I returned with a clear mind from my holiday in Belgium, but they did not. Then there is the gloating in how they are going to deduct money from my final pay, the revenge feelings are almost dripping from the text. And of course there is the usual threat, this time the confidentiality clause in my contract which they seem to try to use on this occasion to prevent me from going to court over my rights.

306. What is also entirely forgotten in the letter is the 24th April 2018 meeting with Roni Maman in which my last comments were: “The thing is, I don't see myself going back, it will be the same in a couple of weeks. From the first day, it's been a constant crisis.” That is my clear and undisputable statement that I could simply not return to the team with the proposed “solution” and this has been entirely ignored since I said it and repeated it in later email communications. The foreseeability of me not returning to the work floor for fear of further and worse mental health issues was undeniable, but still that was the only solution they came up with. Knowing that, it was easy enough for them to create the situation which led eventually to me being sacked. And after all the extra miles I had gone during my employment, they sacked me for gross misconduct, to make sure it would hurt me the

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