The SFE - Doc 49 Framlingham Firefighter
Suffolk County Council
Fire Service
Mr. A. Wigglesworth
10 Somerleyton Road
Oulton
Lowestoft
Suffolk
NR32 4RD
Your ref
Our ref HR/SD/CAB
Ask for Miss S Davies
Tel (01473) 588888
29th May 1998
Dear Mr Wigglesworth,
It has come to my attention that you were absent due to ill health on and from Wednesday, 6th May until you returned to work on Wednesday, 13th May. I understand you told Assistant Divisional Officer Hayden that your sickness absence was due to back pain arising out of an accident while you were at work on 1st May, 1998 and which you reported on the same day.
I know that A.D.O Hayden discussed with you the incident on 1st may as part of his investigation of your accident. His report indicated that the accident occurred because you failed to follow a safe system of work, even though you were aware of the need to do so and had access to others who were available to assist you.
The matter has been brought to the attention of the Deputy County Fire Officer who is of the opinion that your absence from 6th May to 12th May (inclusive) arose through your own negligence/default on 1st may, 1998. As a result you are not entitled to receive sick pay for the period 6th – 12th may inclusive. Having considered this matter carefully, however, Mr Smith has decided that you should receive half rate occupational sick pay for the full period of your absence (over and above your statutory sick pay of £32.97 for days 4- 7 of your absence). [Section IV, para 5 of the “Grey Book” refers].
This adjustment to your pay will be made at the end of June.
Although no formal mechanism is in place for these circumstances, should you wish to make representation you may do so through the Grievance Procedure. If you decide to do so, I suggest you make an appointment to see me in the first instance. Thereafter, if you remain aggrieved, the stage reached in the grievance procedure would be paragraph 4.1.9.
Yours sincerely
Sarah Davies (now Meelan)
Human Resources Manager
Fire Service
Mr. A. Wigglesworth
10 Somerleyton Road
Oulton
Lowestoft
Suffolk
NR32 4RD
Your ref
Our ref HR/SD/CAB
Ask for Miss S Davies
Tel (01473) 588888
29th May 1998
Dear Mr Wigglesworth,
It has come to my attention that you were absent due to ill health on and from Wednesday, 6th May until you returned to work on Wednesday, 13th May. I understand you told Assistant Divisional Officer Hayden that your sickness absence was due to back pain arising out of an accident while you were at work on 1st May, 1998 and which you reported on the same day.
I know that A.D.O Hayden discussed with you the incident on 1st may as part of his investigation of your accident. His report indicated that the accident occurred because you failed to follow a safe system of work, even though you were aware of the need to do so and had access to others who were available to assist you.
The matter has been brought to the attention of the Deputy County Fire Officer who is of the opinion that your absence from 6th May to 12th May (inclusive) arose through your own negligence/default on 1st may, 1998. As a result you are not entitled to receive sick pay for the period 6th – 12th may inclusive. Having considered this matter carefully, however, Mr Smith has decided that you should receive half rate occupational sick pay for the full period of your absence (over and above your statutory sick pay of £32.97 for days 4- 7 of your absence). [Section IV, para 5 of the “Grey Book” refers].
This adjustment to your pay will be made at the end of June.
Although no formal mechanism is in place for these circumstances, should you wish to make representation you may do so through the Grievance Procedure. If you decide to do so, I suggest you make an appointment to see me in the first instance. Thereafter, if you remain aggrieved, the stage reached in the grievance procedure would be paragraph 4.1.9.
Yours sincerely
Sarah Davies (now Meelan)
Human Resources Manager
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