[DTV]

Unfortunately this is a question that (at least some of it) needs answering sooner rather than later including getting the lost presenters back on air as surely benching them for this long (nearly 4 months and counting) is against employment laws.

Unless their contracts specifically guarantee them air time, which seems unlikely, what employment laws would they be breaking? At worst, they've voluntarily signed new contracts; at best, they're either being paid not to work or being relatively overpaid for an off-screen role - neither which seem like the kind of thing you'd take to an employment tribunal.

Plus, to be quite honest, I suspect that the former presenters themselves think about this issue less than some of the people on here.