John is one of the employees of a firm in which you are a partner. He suffers badly from arthritis. He has been employed for 10 years. However, he has had a number of absences of two to three weeks' duration over the past three years.
John is employed as a shop assistant and the manager of the shop has just informed you that John has now been off work for eight weeks with arthritis and is still not fit to come back to work. The manager wants to write to John telling him that he is dismissed.
Prepare a note for your next partnership meeting as to the legal position if John is dismissed.