Labour Court upholds five weeks of sick pay for worker

The Labour Court affirmed a recommendation allowing a worker access to Western Brand Group Ltd’s sick pay scheme for five of the eight weeks of her absence. The decision was signed on 24 February 2017, and the company’s appeal failed. The company argued that the worker had not met the scheme’s reporting requirements. She said she made an error in her first report and supplied the correct certificate thereafter. The Court found she failed to meet the requirements for three weeks, but noted that her illness was not disputed and that the company funded physiotherapy as part of her recovery.