Illness Benefit

Deemol

Hi

An employee has been paid for 3 weeks sick-leave and has had 2 weeks unpaid sick-leave by employer.

He has now received Illness benefit for 2 of the weeks he was paid sick leave and for the 2 weeks he was unpaid.

The employee wants to know what he owes the employer.

How is the employer to treat this

Thanks

allthedoyles

It would all depend on the terms of contract with the employer .

According to your opening post , the employee/employer agreement is , first 2 weeks unpaid leave and further sick leave is paid leave .

Normally sick leave arrangement is one which employer pays employee the difference between SW and gross pay .

If the is the case , here , the employee owes the employer for the difference between his gross pay and SW payment received :

Here is an example based on employee earning gross € 500 p/week and SW 188 p/week :

• 1st 3 days - no pay from employee / SW
• next 3 days ( €94 from SW - & €200 from employee )

After week 1 - employee is due € 106 sick pay .
Week 2

• SW = €188 - Employment = € 500

Week 2 - employee is due €312 sick pay

Each further week , employee is due € 312 sick pay .

If employee has been paid in full by employer , this means that employee owes to employer :

• week 3 = €188