All items: Sick pay

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  Adin v Sedco Forex International Resources Ltd [1997] IRLR 280 CS (1 report relating to this case)

  • Adin v Sedco Forex International Resources Ltd

    Date:

    1 May 1997

    In Adin v Sedco Forex International Resources Ltd [1997] IRLR 280 CS, the Court of Session held that if an employer provides sickness benefits it will be a breach of contract to dismiss an employee on grounds of ill health while he or she has sickness benefit outstanding.

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  Bellingham v Secession Ltd [2006] All ER (D) 62 (Jan) EAT (2 reports relating to this case)

  • Constructive dismissal: No written contract but employee entitled to full sick pay

    Date:

    21 July 2006

    In Secession Ltd t/a Freud v Bellingham EAT/0069/05, the Employment Appeal Tribunal holds that the tribunal was entitled to imply a term to the effect that an employee with no written contract had the right to be paid in full during periods of sickness absence.

  • Case round-up: Constructive dismissal

    Date:

    25 April 2006

    This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering constructive dismissal.

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  Beveridge v KLM UK Ltd [2000] IRLR 765 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Beveridge v KLM UK Ltd

    Date:

    1 November 2000

    In Beveridge v KLM UK Ltd [2000] IRLR 765 EAT, the EAT held that when an employee is fit and willing to work, the employer is obliged to pay the employee his or her normal wages or salary unless there is an express term in the contract of employment authorising the employer to withhold pay in certain defined circumstances.

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  Briscoe v Lubrizol Ltd [2002] IRLR 607 CA (2 reports relating to this case)

  • Contracts of employment: Dismissal for "good cause" terminates long-term sickness benefits

    Date:

    10 January 2003

    An employee on long-term sick leave who failed to maintain communication with his employer regarding his continued absence, and who had not provided continuous medical certificates, was lawfully dismissed so as to terminate any entitlement to benefits under the employer's permanent health insurance scheme, the Court of Appeal holds in Briscoe v Lubrizol Ltd.

  • On appeal: TUPE, stress and employee handbooks

    Date:

    4 June 2002

    Continuing our regular series on the implications of recent significant cases. Debra Gers, associate solicitor, the human resources group, at Eversheds, looks at the issues.

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  Brompton v AOC International Ltd and Unum Ltd [1997] IRLR 639 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Contracts of employment: Employee did not abandon long-term sickness rights

    Date:

    1 December 1997

    An employee's entitlement to benefit under his employer's permanent health insurance scheme was not terminated merely because he undertook some different work while incapacitated from working in his original job, as the scheme provided for payment of reduced benefits in such circumstances, holds the Court of Appeal in Brompton v (1) AOC International Ltd (2) Unum Ltd.

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  Brown v Chief Adjudication Officer [1997] IRLR 110 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Statutory pay: Casual worker entitled to SSP

    Date:

    1 December 1996

    In Brown v Chief Adjudication Officer, the Court of Appeal holds that an employer was liable to pay statutory sick pay (SSP) to a part-time employee who had been continuously employed for more than three months under a series of daily contracts.

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  Burlo v Langley and another [2007] IRLR 145 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Unfair dismissal compensation: Norton Tool not general authority for awarding more than actual loss

    Date:

    16 February 2007

    In Burlo v Langley and another [2006] EWCA Civ 1778 the Court of Appeal holds that an employee's compensation for lack of notice was restricted to her actual loss where she would have been in receipt of statutory sick pay during the notice period.

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  Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs v Thorn Baker Ltd and others [2007] EWCA Civ 626 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs v Thorn Baker Ltd and others

    Date:

    3 July 2007

    In Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs v Thorn Baker Ltd and others [2007] EWCA Civ 626 CA, the Court of Appeal has held that agency workers engaged on fixed-term contracts of less than three months are not entitled to statutory sick pay.

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  Crossley v Faithful & Gould Holdings Ltd [2004] IRLR 377 CA (3 reports relating to this case)

  • Contracts of employment: No implied duty to take care for employee's economic wellbeing

    Date:

    7 May 2004

    In Crossley v Faithful & Gould Holdings Ltd the Court of Appeal holds that there is no implied contractual obligation for an employer to take reasonable care for its employees' economic wellbeing.

  • Case round-up: entitlement to long-term disability insurance; and employment status

    Date:

    6 April 2004

    This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering: entitlement to long-term disability insurance; and employment status.

  • Case round up

    Date:

    1 April 2004

    Our resident experts at Pinsents bring you a comprehensive update on all the latest decisions that could affect your organisation, and advice on what to do about them.

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  Department for Work and Pensions v Sutcliffe EAT/0319/07 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Department for Work and Pensions v Sutcliffe

    Date:

    5 February 2008

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an employee who was sick during her ordinary maternity leave was not entitled to be paid contractual sick pay during that period.