410 removed pages

/* ========== 410 TERMINATED EMPLOYEE PAGES =========== */
function 410_status_header(){
	$terminatedEmployees = array('employee-1','employee-2','employee-3','employee-4','employee-5','employee-6','employee-7','employee-8', 'employee-9', 'employee-10');
	$currentURL  = ( is_ssl() ? 'https://' : 'http://' ) . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
	$currentURL = rtrim(rawurldecode( $currentURL ), '/');
	foreach( $terminatedEmployees as $terminatedEmployee ):
		if( get_bloginfo('url') . '/' . $terminatedEmployee === $currentURL ):
			status_header( 410 );
			if( !locate_template( '410.php', true ) )
				echo 'Sorry, the page you requested has been permanently removed.';
			exit();
		endif;
	endforeach;
}//end 410_status_header
if( !is_admin() )
	add_action( 'template_redirect', '410_status_header');