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Something The Grundys don't have a pot to pee in so it's part of Eddie's DNA IMO to grab a penny when and where he can regardless of personalities (to him Caroline is RICH and can afford it).

I agree about Clarrie's actress she lowered her voice when caring for Joe it sounds better but I bet she'll raise it when back to normal jollity.

Yes Clarrie did sound more like Clarrie of old. I thought Joe was going to die last night.

How much would he get for a fall like that bearing in mind he was pretty umm drunk?

Well I think they'd struggle to get anything for loss of earnings. So just pain and suffering. Reduced because of the drink.

I would have said not much. But who knows if the BBC will use this to bring down Grey Gables, toss out the posh and old and ship the programme off to 4 Extra?

Yeay - thank god Kathy!

Hallelujah! At last she has resigned - so will it be Grey Gables next?

Constructive dismissal methinks? And the downfall of Martin with BL?

I agree mrs cb

Re Ryan thanks for that, it's all coming back now.

At long last!
I used to think that the ability of SW to spin out a story over a long period of time (as if 'real time') was a strength of TA. Two months of a Kathy storyline is two months too many.

I thought he might be deaded last night too but his a tough old boy and a little bit of me thinks he might be exaggerating somewhat to insure a good claim.

Someone told me you can't claim constructive dismissal without first going through a grievance procedure, so Kathy's probably stuffed there anyway.

Not according to the gov.uk website nennypops. It says "You should try and [ sic ] sort any issues out by speaking to your employer to solve the dispute." but then goes on to say :
"If you do have a case for constructive dismissal, you should leave your job immediately - your employer may argue that, by staying, you accepted the conduct or treatment."
So, on the contrary, Kathy might have stuffed her chances by being too accommodating. Also if she skips straight over to GG then there will not be much in the way of 'loss of earnings' so I'm not sure that she would be entitled to much compensation (although if she had the guts, which is a big 'if', then she could threaten legal action and BL would pay her a chunk of money to make her go away).

I do love that someone would check .gov.uk websites on behalf of a fictional character

You forget Errol that it is written by the Men from the Ministry specifically to teach us all about bluecomb in pullets, canker in Borsetshire Beauty and HR disputes in golf clubs.

Great minds Something about GG going under !! It would be a shame if kathy was there as well though oops. R4 She was far too accommodating with shithead Martyn she has very little imagination.

Well, when I worked for the CAB I did once try and check the Grundys' Family Credit entitlement - or work out what they were earning cos they didn't qualify (or something! long time ago). It always annoyed me that benefits were never taken into account - they are complex but there are the bods at Money Box - and it could have spurred many to claim who didn't realise they were entitled.

I left a job once and claimed constructive dismissal subsequently and won

I must say, when EdnEmmurr were going through major financial problems I did wonder why there was no mention whatsoever of an application for tax credits or similar.

does anyone else think that Joe will die on the day Nic's baby is born and the new baby will be called Joe or Josephine in memory?

Oh Lord! Surely they wouldn't inflict that on us again?

Poor Joe - he sounds so depressed.

The weird thing is that they have a REAL body in waiting The Home for the bewildered must be wondering what's going on with keeping Jack on ice for sooo long!

Ha ha at Brenda boasting about Zach 'keeping it up' :o

But seriously - is Tom really so emotionally unintelligent?

God knows. Is Kirsty really so into him? She needs to leave Borsetshire.

is Tom really so emotionally unintelligent?

do you really need to ask? remember why Brenda ditched him?