(1) No they are not (2) I said suspension

If you are minded to sack an employee in these circumstances there will be plenty of things to hang your hat on.

And remember that we are talking here of a situation where the employee admitted (or is alleged to have admitted) to facts that amount to committing a serious criminal offence. We're not talking about admitting to speeding here, (whatever your take on the semantics of certain words) we are talking about criminal conduct in relation to a child. To which he is (alleged) to have admitted the salient facts to his employer.

You just do not turn a blind eye to that. His employment contract is, quite frankly, academic in these situations. And in any event I would be gosmacked if a Premier League football club did not have a comprehensive employee handbook setting out standards of expected behaviour.

Posted By: CWC, Mar 3, 11:32:50