Female 999 operator wins pay-off from fire service after hiring private investigator to spy on her – Daily Telegraph

“A 999 operator who went on sick leave due to stress has won an £11,000 pay-off from the fire service after it hired a private investigator to spy on her and secretly fitted a GPS tracker underneath her car.”

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Daily Telegraph, 5th August 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Euromillions lottery win leaves woman suing colleagues – BBC News

Posted July 16th, 2013 in employment, gambling, news, pregnancy, sick leave by sally

“A mother-to-be is to sue her former workmates because she missed out on a Euromillions jackpot win when she was off work with morning sickness.”

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BBC News, 15th July 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Contracting a contagious disease in the course of a teacher’s employment – Employment Law Blog

Posted May 31st, 2013 in appeals, employment, employment tribunals, health, news, sick leave, teachers by sally

“The Burgundy Book (the Conditions of Service for School Teachers in England and Wales) provides that a teacher is entitled to full pay where her ‘absence was due to an infectious or contagious illness contracted directly in the course of the teacher’s employment’, and that ‘such absence was not be reckoned against the teacher’s entitlement to sick leave’.”

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Employment Law Blog, 30th May 2013

Source: www.employment11kbw.com

Horsewoman who appeared in Queen’s Diamond Jubilee exaggerated injuries for compensation – Daily Telegraph

Posted April 29th, 2013 in compensation, fraud, health & safety, news, personal injuries, sentencing, sick leave by tracey

“A horsewoman who appeared in the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee pageant exaggerated
injuries she suffered in a fall to try to win a big compensation pay-out, a
court heard.”

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Daily Telegraph, 26th April 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

No sick pay, no maternity pay: Chancellor targets employers’ tax loophole that damages teachers’ and nurses’ rights – The Independent

Posted March 18th, 2013 in budgets, children, income tax, maternity leave, national insurance, news, sick leave by sally

“A tax loophole which allows firms to dodge around £100 million a year in National Insurance will be closed in the Budget, it was announced.”

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The Independent, 16th March 2013

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Court of Appeal Clarifies the Law on Holiday Pay for Sick Workers – Harwicke Chambers

Posted August 14th, 2012 in appeals, employment, holiday pay, news, sick leave by sally

“In the recent decision of NHS Leeds v Larner [2012] EWCA Civ 1034, the Court of Appeal confirmed that workers on sick leave are entitled to carry forward unused statutory holiday entitlement without needing to submit a formal request to do so.”

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Hardwicke Chambers, 7th August 2012

Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk

High Court ruling will increase cost of long-term sick leave for businesses, expert warns – OUT-LAW.com

Posted July 27th, 2012 in dismissal, news, remuneration, sick leave, working time by sally

“Unused holiday entitlement by workers on long-term sick leave should be automatically transferred into the next leave year if a worker is unable to take that holiday due to his or her sickness, the Court of Appeal has said.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 27th July 2012

Source: www.out-law.com

NHS Leeds v Larner – WLR Daily

Posted July 27th, 2012 in dismissal, law reports, remuneration, sick leave, working time by sally

NHS Leeds v Larner [2012] EWCA Civ 1034; [2012] WLR (D) 227

“An employee who had been on sick leave for a prolonged period of time and who was eventually dismissed thereafter had not lost her right to the holiday pay to which she was entitled in lieu of the annual leave which she had been unable to take.”

WLR Daily, 25th July 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Asociación Nacional de Grandes Empresas de Distribución (ANGED) v Federación de Asociaciones Sindicales (FASGA) and others – WLR Daily

Posted July 9th, 2012 in EC law, law reports, sick leave, working time by sally

Asociación Nacional de Grandes Empresas de Distribución (ANGED) v Federación de Asociaciones Sindicales (FASGA) and others (Case C-78/11); [2012] WLR (D) 194

“Article 7(1) of Parliament and Council Directive 2003/88/EC concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time precluded national provisions under which a worker who became unfit for work during a period of paid annual leave was not entitled subsequently to the paid annual leave which coincided with the period of unfitness for work.”

WLR Daily, 21st June 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Staff who fall ill on holiday entitled to further paid leave, court rules – The Guardian

Posted June 22nd, 2012 in EC law, holiday pay, news, sick leave by tracey

“Workers who fall sick during their annual leave are entitled to take corresponding paid leave at a later date, following a ruling made today by the European court of justice.”

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The Guardian, 21st June 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Policewoman appeared on Total Wipeout while on sick leave from force – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 27th, 2011 in compensation, media, news, police, sick leave, unfair dismissal by tracey

“A policewoman who was forced out of her job after going on the TV show Total Wipeout while she was off sick, is now suing force chiefs.”

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Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Ainsworth and Others v Inland Revenue Commissioners – Times Law Reports

Posted June 15th, 2009 in holiday pay, law reports, remuneration, sick leave by sally

Ainsworth and Others v Inland Revenue Commissioners

House of Lords

“Employees entitled to statutory holiday pay were also entitled to claim its non-payment as an unlawful deduction from wages.”

Times Law Reports, 15th June 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Stringer and others v HM Revenue and Customs (On appeal from Inland Revenue Comrs v Ainsworth and others) – WLR Daily

Posted June 11th, 2009 in holiday pay, law reports, remuneration, sick leave, working time by sally

Stringer and others v HM Revenue and Customs (On appeal from Inland Revenue Comrs v Ainsworth and others [2009] UKHL 31; [2009] WLR (D) 178

“Employees were entitled to complain of the non-payment of statutory holiday pay as an unlawful deduction from wages pursuant to ss 13 and 23 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 as well as under regs 13 and 16 or 14 of the Working Time Regulations 1998.”

WLR Daily, 10th June 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

£300,000 for judge off sick after blackmail trial – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 2nd, 2009 in judges, news, sick leave by sally

“Immigration judge Mohammed Ilyas Khan who had an affair with his Brazilian cleaner has been paid nearly £300,000 while off work.”

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Daily Telegraph, 2nd July 2009

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Stringer and Others v HM Revenue and Customs; Schultz-Hoff v Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund Joined Cases C-520/06 and C-350/06 – Times Law Reports

Posted January 28th, 2009 in EC law, law reports, sick leave, working time by sally

Stringer and Others v HM Revenue and Customs; Schultz-Hoff v Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund Joined Cases C-520/06 and C-350/06

Court of Justice of the European Communities

“Workers or former workers who in a particular year were on sick leave and for that reason were unable to exercise their right to paid annual leave in that year, were entitled to exercise the right at a later time, or, in the case of former workers, to compensation in lieu.”

The Times, 28th January 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.

Stringer and others v HM Revenue and Customs (Case C-520/06); Schultz-Hoff v Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund (Case C-350/06) – WLR Daily

Posted January 22nd, 2009 in EC law, law reports, sick leave, working time by sally

Stringer and others v HM Revenue and Customs (Case C-520/06); Schultz-Hoff v Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund (Case C-350/06); [2009] WLR (D) 13

Employees who by reason of illness were not able to take paid annual leave in the year in which it was due were not for that reason to be deprived of the right to paid annual leave at a later time or, in the case of employees who had been dismissed, to a payment in lieu.”

WLR Daily, 21st January 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.



Sick workers entitled to full holiday pay, European court rules – The Times

Posted January 20th, 2009 in EC law, news, sick leave, working time by sally

“Workers on long-term sick leave are entitled to paid holidays, one of Europe’s highest courts ruled today.”

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The Times, 20th January 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk