Illness following dismissal
1 Jul, 2016 by
Following his dismissal, an employee calls in sick. Is the employment relationship automatically extended?
The employee is protected against dismissal in case of illness and this for a certain period of time. An employee who goes to his doctor immediately after his termination may be committing an abuse of the law.
This article develops the following topics:
- freedom of termination
- form of termination
- hand delivery of a letter of termination
- refusal to read the letter
- incapacity to work following dismissal
- protection against untimely dismissal