Anna Denton-Jones was invited to speak at this well attended conference held in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, as a result of work she had done with the Vale Business Club and was organised bt the local Council to provide business support to businesses in this difficult climate. Anna's session was entitled 'Managing the Difficult Employee' and led to a lively debate, including members of the audience who felt that employees who failed to disclose medical conditions to their employer, when they commenced employment should not be able to bring claims against the employer in the future. We had a discussion regarding the recent Court case law affecting Cheltenham Council and their failure to recover costs against a former employee who suffered from depression, in such circumstances.