Employee awarded three weeks’ pay for breach of sick leave law

A worker who was written up when he took ill after a warning about absenteeism has won over €1,400 – or three weeks’ pay – for a breach of rights under the Sick Leave Act.

First Doireann Garrihy, now the 2 Johnnies and Jennifer Zamparelli: why are so many stars leaving 2FM?The worker said he became “very sick with flu-like symptoms” at work on October 12th, 2023 and went out sick for a day and a half, submitting a doctor’s note to his employer and availing of his statutory sick pay rights under the Act.

It told the tribunal it was “entitled to discipline” the employee, adding that “bad timekeeping” and “unauthorised absence” were listed as misconduct in its disciplinary policies. The company said that it had at all times followed the fair procedures and the relevant statutory code, and denied any breach of the Sick Leave Act.

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