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   From: fn62@dial.pipex.com   
      
    wrote in message   
   news:1159882989.014900.286900@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...   
   > Paul Harper wrote:   
   >   
   >> contract is an offer of employment. As Claudia didn't accept the terms   
   >> of the new contract she didn't by any description of the terms   
   >> "resign", "quit", "leave" or anything else. Her contract - at the end   
   >> of year 4 - had expired. She decided not to take up the offer   
   >   
   > .   
   >   
   > Sounds reasonable Paul.  She didn't quit.   
   >   
   > BUT, and here's where the story gets interesting:  Claudia (ivanova)   
   > came onto the public forum and said she was "fired" by the WB staff.   
   > If she was offered a contract extension to do season 5, and she chose   
   > to turn down that employment offer, how can she claim she was "fired"?   
   >   
   > Why did Claudia make such a ridiculous claim on the public forum?   
   >   
      
   Because the terms offered in the contract were of such a nature as to make   
   them highly detrimental for her to accept, of course. It's called   
   constructive dismissal.   
      
   Ali   
      
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