An employee of the technology company IBM he is on leave no less than he does 15 yearsand even decided to sue to the company, for not receiving salary increases.
The computer has 50 yearsreceives more than $67,000 a yearand his salary is guaranteed for 15 more years, since 65 is the retirement age.
Ian Clifford from Great Britainhas sick leave, but still decided to sue them for discrimination: according to what he argues, his salary did not increase in the 15 years he has been off.
Taking into account that the computer scientist perceives more than $67,000 a yearand that you have a guaranteed salary until you are 65 years old, this means that you will take more than US$1.9 million.
Anyway, Clifford He was dissatisfied, saying he was not “generous enough,” making it clear that his salary would “wither” over time due to inflation.
Clifford he took sick leave from the company in September 2008 and was still out of work in 2013, at the time he decided to file the lawsuit. The man claimed that he did not receive a pay raise or vacation pay while he was on leave.
Under the company’s disability plan, a person who is unable to work is not laid off, but remains an employee and has no “no obligation to work”. An employee is entitled, until he recovers, retires or dies, to collect 75% of the income.
The resolution of the case
After some time, an employment judge dismissed the claim, stating: “The allegation is that the absence of a wage increase constitutes disability discrimination because it treats non-disabled people less favorably than that.”
“This allegation does not hold because only the disabled can benefit from the plan. It is not disability discrimination that the Plan is not even more generous, ”she added.
Source: Ambito
