IT'S not clear what sort of health professional kept signing his medical certificates, but a senior information technology worker who has been on sick leave since 2008 has sued his employer, IBM, because he didn't get any pay rises during the 15 years he's been off work.
The UK Telegraph has detailed the strange case of Ian Clifford, who has allegedly been employed by the computer company for that time despite being unable to work.
IBM's health plan sees him receive about 54,000 annually (A$101,000) until he turns 65, but he is claiming to be a victim of "disability discrimination" because that payment is not indexed to inflation.
Clifford initially went on sick leave in 2008, raising a grievance five years later when he was in his mid-thirties, as he had not received any pay rises, and was also complaining about a lack of holiday pay.
A compromise was reached by putting him on the company's disability plan which is available to any IBM staffer, paying them 75% of what they were earning annually at the point they become unable to work.
He believes these arrangements are not generous enough, but a British employment tribunal did not agree, with a recent ruling noting that when he reaches retirement age he will have received more than 1.5m (A$2.8m) despite not having done any work for the company for more than three decades.
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