Remuneration on suspension on medical grounds. An worker has entitlement to be paid for as much as twenty-six weeks if she is postponed on medical grounds in conformance with any regulation or law which concerns the safety and health of employees. An worker is only entitled to claim a medical suspension payment if she or he has been steadily employed for a period of one month.
An worker employed for a set term of 3 months or less or under a particular task contract which isn't anticipated to last for at least a quarter is not entitled to have a medical suspension payment. An worker will lose the prerogative to payment where : she is incapable of work by reason of illness or bodily or psychological disablement ; The employer offered the employee acceptable alternative work ( whether it was work the worker was engaged to perform ) and the worker unfairly declined to perform that work ; or He or she did not obey the employer's reasonable needs imposed with a view to ensuring their services were available. The amount a worker has entitlement to be paid is 'a week's pay' ( or a percentage of 'a weeks pay' ) for each week of suspension. 'A week's pay' is worked out according to legal rules and is also the base for the calculation of redundancy payments and compensation for biased dismissal. Workers may raise a complaint with a work tribunal for failing to make a medical suspension payment Such a complaint must be made inside 3 months of the day on which it is claimed that payment wasn't made. The tribunal will extend the cutoff point if it wasn't moderately practicable for the claim to be made inside 3 months.