Monday 24 September 2007

Problem 8: Dealing with a doctor’s certificate of illness and an alleged ‘resignation letter’

As Deputy Vice Chancellor (Deputy Director), Director of Staffing, you receive at approx. 6pm on 4 Nov 1998 a doctor’s certificate of illness stating that a member of staff is ‘unfit’ and also a one-line ‘resignation letter’ (initial notification of termination of contract under normal contractual conditions) allegedly composed and signed by the member of staff .

Would you:

a) ignore the ‘resignation letter’ knowing that the member of staff is unfit and has been certified as such by his/her GP’s note
b) write to the member of staff and ask him/her about his/her intention
c) phone the member of staff and ask him/her about his/her intention
d) adopt the ostrich position
e) speak with the Vice-Chancellor
f) notify the Board of Governors
g) compose your own acceptance letter
h) compose your own acceptance letter and have it delivered to his/her home
i) compose your own acceptance letter, without having it properly authorised by Personnel and have it delivered to his/her home
j) compose your own termination letter with date of termination, without having it properly authorised by Personnel and have it hand-delivered to his/her home an hour later

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