Ikea has cut sick pay for unvaccinated staff self-isolating and others who test positive.
Barrister Francis Hoar: “Employers are bound by the Equalities Act and people would be indirectly discriminated against if it was one rule for vaccinated people”@JuliaHB1 | @Francis_Hoar pic.twitter.com/6jHQqj9GwL
— talkRADIO (@talkRADIO) January 11, 2022
This morning/afternoon.
Via BBC:
Ikea has cut sick pay for unvaccinated staff who need to self-isolate because of Covid exposure and in some cases for workers who test positive.
The retail giant acknowledged it was an “emotive topic” but said its policy had to evolve with changing circumstances.
…At Ikea unvaccinated workers, who do not have mitigating circumstances, who test positive will be paid in line with company sick pay.
Unvaccinated workers, without mitigating circumstances and required to isolate owing to being identified as a close contact, could now receive as little as £96.35 a week – the Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) minimum.
Ikea cuts sick pay for unvaccinated staff forced to self-isolate (BBC)
Very interesting point made by Francis Hoar about schools having to legally accept a parent’s wish that their child should not wear a mask or be subjected to repeated testing. This would explain how the students in a number of schools in the north of England are able to refuse to do so.
Is it the same here in Ireland I wonder?
Unionise you fools.
A General Assembly might be a good Ikea!
Sick pay is your right under the law
It’s paid for by the stamps deducted by government each week
Just like your pension that’s been slashed
But like me at 67 if I get sick I cannot get my sick pay
I say make your claim