Man on sick leave for 15 years sues company for no pay raise
Fifteen years! What in the world is going on with this man?
We've heard of being medically boarded from your job, but we didn't know that it also applies to white-collar jobs.
"An IT Specialist who has been on sick leave with no obligation to work since 2008 recently tried to sue their employer for not giving them a pay raise." (Oddity Central)
The IT worker was medically retired and was receiving a salary of £54,000 (R1.3-million) a year. That's quite a comfortable salary for doing nothing, don't you think?
So, we find it quite spicy for the employee to take his company, which happens to be IBM, an American Multinational technology corporation, to court for the lack of a pay raise.
"Mr. Clifford has not done any work for the company in the last 15 years but will continue to receive his yearly salary until retirement or death, as per IBM’s disability plan. Despite this, the IT worker feels that he has been treated unfairly by his employer, and he is attempting to take the company to court for a pay raise." (Oddity Central)
He intended to sue the company for 'disability discrimination, saying that the salary they are paying him does "keep up with inflation"'.
It seems that it's not the first time that he has raised concerns over his pay with the company.
"In September of 2008, he went on sick leave until 2013, when he first raised grievances about his holiday pay for the five-year period and not receiving a pay raise."
This resulted in IBM offering him a ‘compromise agreement’. This allowed him to be placed within the company's disability plan, which guarantees a salary plus "no obligation to work until recovery, retirement, or death." (Oddity Central)
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Luckily, we're not the only ones who think this man is trying to take advantage of the hand that feeds him.
The judge ruled against his claims, saying that he was receiving a substantial benefit as it is.
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