Can an employer refuse to pay statutory sick pay?

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• Incorporated Council of Law Reporting

When the claimant was absent from work sick, his employers, who had been told that he had been seen working elsewhere, refused to pay him statutory sick pay without authorisation from the benefits agency.

The claimant’s solicitor wrote to the employers stating that they were not entitled to withhold sick pay. The claimant subsequently resigned and made claims of unfair constructive dismissal and unlawful deduction of wages under section 13 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, based on t... (195 more words)

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