Is this really happening? Updated: It looks like it is, people. :’(
A director at employment law service Peninsula Business Services said his company received more than 200 calls from employers overnight about Zayn Malik quitting One Direction.
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He said:
While I sympathise with One Direction fans, I hardly think this qualified as compassionate leave. It's a story you could not make up but I don't think that Zayn Malik's departure qualifies for compassionate leave and this is the advice we have had to give to employers.
Price went on to tell the paper that "compassionate leave is what you allow if a close relative dies", and that in the case of Zayn Malik "you have to ask yourself whether it's more of an obsession and whether time off is really needed". He also added that the dismissal of Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear had not led to any calls.
BuzzFeed News contacted three London-based employment law firms to see whether they had experienced a similar volume of calls. None of them wished to be quoted on record, but one confirmed they had received no requests regarding Zayn Malik and the other two said they would investigate but were unaware of any at present. One expressed scepticism over the claims, and said it would be surprising for employers to require legal advice over the matter this urgently.
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