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Fitness to return to work I’ve been off work from my clerical job for four months with a back injury. My GP says I’m now well enough to go back to work, but my employer won’t let me back without a clean bill of health from their occupational health doctor.

What are my rights?The law is clear on this. If you are fit to return to work and ready and willing to go back, you’re entitled to be paid your full wages — unless the clear language of your contract says something different. If your employer wants you

to have extra medical checks, they must pay your full wages while these are carried out. This is because the law says there is a fundamental implied duty in every employment contract to pay wages to any employee who is ready, willing and able to work. In Beveridge v KLM UK

Limited [2000] IRLR 785 EAT, Ms Beveridge was a KLM cabin crew member who tried to go back to work after a period of sickness. But the airline refused to allow her back until

they had carried out their own medical tests, even though she was armed with a certificate from her GP confirming her fitness to return. The airline’s tests took six

weeks during which time they didn’t pay her. She brought a successful tribunal claim for unlawful deduction of wages. The employer’s actions were also a breach of the employment contract. Your employer must also

pay the full cost of any extra tests they want to carry out to check your fitness for work. Finally, remember that under the fit note regime, there is no requirement for you to produce evidence to show that you are fit for work. Once you are well enough to return, your GP simply will not issue you with a new fit note. Family leave My member is from India

and plans to travel home for a family wedding. Her

employer has said “yes” on condition she signs a written agreement promising that if she doesn’t

return to work on the agreed date, her employment contract will end automatically. She has three

years’ service. Can her employer do this?

No. Because of the unequal bargaining power between employers and employees and the risk that employers will put pressure on employees to give up their rights, employment law has special

rules preventing employees contracting out of their statutory employment rights. These include unfair dismissal rights and rights under the Equality Act 2010. If your member fails to

return on the agreed date, she will be at risk of dismissal, but your employer must carry out any dismissal fairly. Otherwise your member will have a potential claim for unfair dismissal. Any agreement by your

member that failure to return on the promised date will automatically end the employment contract will be

of no legal effect whatsoever. It makes no difference that the agreement is written down and signed. The only valid way to give

up rights is through conciliation using a conciliation officer employed by the Acas Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration

Service, or by entering into a valid compromise agreement (renamed Settlement Agreements from 29 July

2013). Any other agreement by an employee to give up these rights would be void. Reasonable adjustments My member works as a probation officer and has chronic fatigue syndrome. Her consultant has advised that her chances of recovery would be much

improved if she could be offered some light duties or a career break. What are her rights?

Under Section 20 of the Equality Act 2010, your member’s employer has a

duty to make reasonable adjustments to any “provision, criterion or practice” that places her at a substantial disadvantage compared with non-disabled co-workers. However, this duty is

limited to adjustments that present a real prospect of her being able to remain in, or return to work. There is no general duty to make adjustments that promote

recovery or rehabilitation for their own sake (Salford NHS Trust v Smith [2011] EAT/05/07/10). The question for your

member’s consultant is whether there’s good evidence that a career break or light duties have a real prospect of helping her get back to work.

Even if this is the case, the employer may still be able to show that the idea is not “reasonable” after taking into account such factors as practicality, the length of the proposed break, the light duties available, the employer’s resources and

impact on the employer’s business. In general terms, a career break is probably unlikely to be regarded as a reasonable adjustment.DisclaimerThe answers on this page are

provided for information only. The LRD takes every reasonable effort to make sure that the information is accurate and up to date, but it does not amount to legal advice to any person on a specific case or matter. Readers requiring legal advice are encouraged to contact their trade union or other legal advisor.

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LAW QUERIES

A&Q

The Labour Research Department’s employment law specialist answers dozens of legal queries each month from affiliates. Here is a recent selection.

ResearchAre pay

gap reporting rules up

to the task?Taking care of

women’s health and

safety at work

Industrial action legislation

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NEWS_BARGAINING

PAY AND PRICES

Other pay analysts

Industrial Relations Services

(median, three months to

end June 2013)2.0%

Incomes Data Services

(median, three months to

end May 2013)2.5% Inflation forecasts

Fourth quarter 2013

RPI RPI

excluding

mortgages

Average3.0% 3.0%

Oxford Economic

Forecasting2.9% 2.9%

ITEM Club3.0% 3.0%

Source: HM Treasury, Forecasts for the

UK Economy, July 2013.

Settlements

up to 2.7%

PAY RISES sourced from the Labour

Research Department’s Payline da-

tabase of collective agreements were

averaging 2.7% in June — up from

2.5% for May. Nevertheless, with

inflation as measured by the Retail

Prices Index rising by 3.3%, workers’

living standards continue to be hit.

Payline showed a median (mid-

point) increase in the private sector

of 2.8%, but only 2.0% in the public

sector. In manufacturing, increases

averaged 2.9%, but in services only

2.5%. The average for the year to

June was 2.5% by agreements, but

just 1.5% when weighted by workers

covered, showing the effects of the

public sector pay policies.

The latest government statistics

on average weekly earnings (AWE)

show that for the year to May the

increase for the whole economy was

1.5%, sharply down from the 3.8%

increase for April. The increases for

the main sectors were 1.1% in the

public sector (1.3% if financial serv-

ices are excluded), 1.7% in the pri-

vate sector, 1.6% in services and

1.7% in manufacturing.

If the less volatile three-monthly

figure is used the whole economy

increase was 1.7% in the three

months to May, slightly up on the

1.5% for the three months to April.

The rises in regular pay, exclud-

ing bonuses, were 1.0% for the

whole economy, 1.2% in the public

sector, 1.1% in the private sector,

2.1% in manufacturing and 0.9% in

services.

The latest inflation data shows

that under the government’s pre-

ferred measure, the Consumer Prices

Index (CPI), prices rose by 2.9% in

June — up from 2.7% in May.

Labour Research Department three-monthly pay figures

Percentage increases on lowest basic rates (by agreements covered).

For the three months up to and including:

This pay round,

2012

July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec

2013

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

Aug-

Jun

All agreements 2.5 2.0 1.8 1.5 2.0 2.0 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.5

Private sector 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.1 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.7

Public sector1.6 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.8 1.8 2.0 1.0

Manual2.5 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.8 2.7

Non-manual2.5 1.2 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.0

All industries2.6 2.9 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.7

All services2.5 1.5 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.0

For the 12 months up to and including:

July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

By agreements 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5

By workers covered 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 3.1 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5

The figures show median (midpoint) pay settlements among all the agreements monitored through the LRD Payline

database. The weighted median (by number of workers covered) appears in the 12-monthly table.

Average weekly earnings (AWE)

Month

Whole

economyPrivate

sectorPublicsector

Manu-

facturingServices

March 2012 (r)1.4 1.2 0.7 -0.2 1.9

April (r)1.4 2.3 1.5 2.1 1.0

May (r) 1.8 1.8 1.7 2.9 1.7

June

1.3 1.8 1.0 2.7 1.0

July

1.5 1.6 1.4 2.0 1.4

August2.3 2.2 3.1 2.6 2.4

September 1.8 1.7 2.2 1.2 2.0

October 1.3 1.3 2.0 2.1 1.3

November 1.4 1.4 1.9 1.5 1.4

December 1.3 1.2 2.0 1.8 1.5

January 20131.0 0.8 1.9 1.5 1.1

February 0.9 0.6 1.1 1.8 1.0

March (r)-0.2 -1.0 1.1 2.9 -0.3

April (r)3.8 5.0 1.5 3.5 3.8

May (p)1.5 1.7 1.1 1.7 1.6

Headline rate 1 1.7 1.9 1.2 2.7 1.7

1 The latest three-month average. Source: Office for National Statistics (r)

revised, (p) provisional.

Average of average earnings forecasts for 2013 is 1.4% (HM Treasury).

Total pay including bonuses. Percentage annual increases

Full-time weekly

average earnings

All workers£618.60

All male£672.60

All female£531.40

Managers£959.30

Professionals£792.00

Associate professional £669.10

Admin & secretarial £454.40

Skilled/craft£517.20

Services£368.00

Sales£374.30

Operatives£472.90

Other manual£366.60

Source: ASHE 2012 uprated by AWE.

Prices Retail prices

index (RPI),

Jan ’87=100

% annual increases

RPI RPI excl.

mortgages

May 2012242.4

3.13.1

June241.8

2.82.8

July242.1

3.23.2

August243.0

2.92.9

September244.2

2.62.6

October245.6

3.23.1

November245.6

3.02.9

Prices Retail prices

index (RPI),

Jan ’87=100

% annual increases

RPI RPI excl.

mortgages

December246.8

3.13.0

January 2013 245.83.3

3.3

February247.6

3.23.2

March248.7

3.33.2

April249.5

2.92.9

May250.0

3.13.1

June249.7

3.33.3

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WORKPLACEreport

The Labour Research

Department monthly

for union reps and negotiators

Older workers

Employers should nurture their older employers as they still have a lot to give.

Workplace Report gives the background to a government report.

Employee information

With corporate governance in the spotlight, what information do companies

provide about their most precious asset — their employees.

Law at work

Discrimination — the latest case law Health and safety

Safety at the heart of rail and ferry strike

Bargaining news

Medina settlement up to 2.2% rises faster than settlements

EqualityResearch reveals ‘class pay gap’

Learning and training

Welsh government sets out priorities on apprenticeships

Recruitment and organisation

Voluntary recognition deals in print and on buses

EuropeNational Minimum Wage rates across Europe

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Fact Service

Volume 75 Issue 29

“During the course of these proceedings, it became

clear that the Ministry of Justice is in disarray. The

wise course of action would be for the minister to

take time to consider the drafting errors.”

www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/tribunals/employment/et-fees-factsheet.pdf

www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111538654

www.unison.org.uk/news/media-centre/unison-to-continue-fight-over-employment-

tribunal-fees

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-23280845

Scheme to help disabled

people into work

A campaign to help more disabled people into work

and to raise employers’ confidence about recruit-

ing disabled people has been launched by the

government as a leading disability charity called

on the UK’s top companies not to ignore disabled

people’s talents.

The government has announced changes to their

specialist disability employment scheme, Access

to Work, that will provide disabled people with

increased support to gain workplace skills and

experience.

The initiative was launched by the minister for disa-

bled people, Esther McVey, who said that disabled

people on traineeships, supported internships,

work trials and work academies will be financially

assisted by the Access to Work scheme.

Participants will receive funding towards the extra

costs that many disabled people face in the work-

force, such as travel costs, adapted equipment and

extra support workers.

“Young disabled people tell me how difficult it

can be to get a job without experience — and they

want the same choice of training opportunities

as everyone else to help them into work,” McVey

explained.

“We’re opening up Access to Work to do just that

— so that more young disabled people can get a

foothold in the jobs market, get their careers on

track and achieve their full potential.”

The Access to Work scheme helped 30,000 disa-

bled people gain or maintain employment, accord-

ing to government figures. Some 45% of Access to

Work users have said that they would be out of work

if they had not had the support of the scheme.

As part of the new initiative a government-funded

scheme will be available to young people aged

16 to 24-years old who have complex learning dif-

ficulties and disabilities.

Young people who sign up for an internship, which

will be run by further education colleges, will get

help from expert career coaches and work for at

least six months.

Employers will also be given help from the same

coaches and encouraged to take on disabled young

people.

Government research published in July found

more disabled jobseekers cite employers’ at-

titudes as a barrier to work (42%) than transport

difficulties (37%).

Meanwhile, Leonard Cheshire Disability has called

on the UK’s top FTSE100 companies to make the

most of disabled people’s talents.

The charity is asking the top 100 companies to join

its Change100 programme, providing work place-

ments for disabled undergraduates.

“We know that our best companies value talent.

We also know there are tremendously talented

disabled people searching for work and they could

be our country’s future leaders or entrepreneurs

if they are given the chance,” said Clare Pelham,

chief executive of Leonard Cheshire Disability.

Research published earlier this month by Leonard

Cheshire Disability revealed that over three-quar-

ters of disabled people have not received any help

finding work. In an experiment using similar CVs of

disabled and non-disabled candidates, the charity

found that a non-disabled candidate was twice as

likely to be invited for interview.

www.rbsmentor.co.uk/news/articles/2013-07/governmentenhancesaccessto.aspx

www.hrmagazine.co.uk/hro/news/1077801/government-launches-campaign-help-

disabled-people

Union political funds

The number of members contributing to their

union’s political fund has increased, according to

the latest annual report of the union watchdog, the

Certification Officer.

The 28 unions with political funds had 4,414,929

members paying into the political fund — an in-

crease of nearly 17,000 on the previous year. In most

cases the Certification Officer’s analysis covers

2011 and 2010, although unions will have since filed

later annual returns.

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Fact Service is a concise weekly briefing designed to equip union reps with the latest statistics on prices, earning and employment. Fact Service highlights the key economic and industrial issues of the week as well as pay in the boardroom of the UK’s top companies.

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Safety Rep

(Monthly, print)

Safety Rep is the LRD’s health and safety bulletin, published in a compact four page format for quick reference.

August 2013

Safety rep – 3

Night shift cancer link foundWomen who work long-term night shifts are twice

as likely to develop breast cancer as other women, according to a new study.Canadian researchers examined 1,134 women with

breast cancer and 1,179 women without. Women provided information about their lifestyles, including the kind of work they did. Researchers also had access

to hospital records for each woman.

The study found that women who had worked nights for 30 or more years were more likely to develop breast cancer. But there was no greater risk if a woman had worked the night shift for less than 30 years.The researchers said: “An association between

more than 30 years of night shift work in diverse occupations and breast cancer is supported here,

consistent with other studies among nurses. “As shift work is necessary for many occupations, understanding of which specific shift patterns increase breast cancer risk, and how night

shift work influences the pathway to breast cancer is needed for the development of healthy workplace policy.”Although many people work under strip lighting at

all hours of the day, scientists think it is only artificial light at night that triggers cancer growth because it upsets the body’s natural sleep cycles and hormone rhythms.

Previous studies have shown an association between night shift work and increased breast cancer risk among women in the military and those in healthcare professions, such as nursing,

but not in the general population. However, Hannah Bridges of the UK charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer urged women not to panic. “We need to better understand why night work

might increase breast cancer risk,” she said. “Shift work may lead to

unhealthy lifestyle habits that could independently increase the risk of breast cancer, so we’d encourage all women to take part in regular physical activity, maintain a healthy weight and reduce their alcohol intake.”

Air traffic controlProspect and PCS, the unions representing staff working for UK air traffic control provider NATS, have welcomed a call by the French and German governments’ air traffic management providers to abandon plans for a new legislative programme for a

Single European Sky. The UK unions see the letter from two of Europe’s largest air traffic management (ATM) providers as a blow to the Commission’s proposals, which would result in huge

job losses and threats to safety across Europe.Emily Boase, Prospect national secretary, said: “Given the UK’s prominence in European ATM service delivery we are calling on the UK to publicly support

the French and German position.”

Two jailed for manslaughterA father and son, owners of a haulage firm, have been jailed for manslaughter. Stephen Kenyon, a driver for

AJ Haulage, died when he fell asleep at the wheel after working excessive hours.The father was sentenced

to four years in prison and his son to two-and-a-half years for the manslaughter. Kenyon had been working for 19 hours when

his 39-tonne lorry crashed into stationary traffic on the southbound carriageway of the M1 between Luton and Dunstable in 2010.Tachographs on his vehicle showed he had been

at work since 5am the previous day and that he had been driving for more than 13 hours, travelling almost 600 miles. Under road haulage legislation, commercial lorries can only

be driven for a maximum of 10 hours in a 24-hour period, and then only two days a week.

CWU concern over dog attacksLast month, a partnership between the CWU communication worker’s union, the Royal Mail and a

number of animal organisations highlighted the issue of dog attacks during the first Dog Awareness Week.Royal Mail figures show more than 2,400 postal delivery staff were attacked

by dogs between April 2012 and April 2013.Dog attacks are a significant hazard, faced by

delivery staff on a daily basis. These attacks rise during the school holidays and in the summer months when parents and children are at home and dogs are sometimes allowed unsupervised in the garden,

or out onto the street without restraints.Delivery staff can take a number of simple measures to protect themselves while on a delivery round such as never putting fingers through a letterbox; rattling

the gate when entering a property; and using the delivery pouch or trolley as a barrier. And the final word is never accept a dog owner’s assurances that their dog won’t harm you.CWU health, safety and

environment officer Dave Joyce said that the number of attacks “still remains unacceptably high and the nature and seriousness of the injuries being received by postal workers is a growing concern”.

Worries over offshore safetyGovernment meddling in the offshore inspection regime has been slammed by the RMT maritime union.The Piper Alpha disaster

25 years ago resulted in 167 deaths. The Cullen Report into the disaster recommended reforming the HSE to include a stand-

alone inspectorate for the

offshore industry, the Offshore Safety Division.The division has now disappeared and has become part of a new “Energy Division” within the safety watchdog. RMT general secretary Bob Crow said the initiative

was “clearly a cost-cutting measure”.

The union also has serious concerns among the workforce and HSE offshore inspectors themselves. These revolve around the

fact that the proposals will undermine the culture of continuous improvement in offshore safety which has been critical in avoiding accidents and emergencies.

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Every day over 300

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Usdaw.Usdaw wants a change in

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more prosecutions and send

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Over half of European

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European Commission.

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occupational health and

safety. The study reveals stark

differences in the proportion

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their own working

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working respondents say

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average of 77%.Just over six in 10 (62%)

said they had been consulted

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at work by their employer

or a health and safety

representative.However, there was a

very broad range of

responses here, with

Slovakia (90%), the Czech

Republic (87%) and

Hungary (82%) the most

likely to say they had been

consulted. In contrast, only

39% in Cyprus, 38% in

Malta and 37% in Croatia

said the same, while in

Greece the proportion was

only 25%.The findings indicate that

there is room for

improvement with, for

example, stress being

identified as a perceived risk

for 53% of workers.

Other areas for

improvement include

work-life balance, with 40%

saying they did not have

access to flexible working

arrangements.A copy of survey is available at:

http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/

flash/fl_398_en.pdf

Working conditions across

EU member states worsen

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