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Is giving less annual leave and paid sick leave discrimination?

Ruth

Hi,

Can anyone help with this?

If a new employee is hired with a company, on a permanent contract, but is given less annual leave and less paid sick leave than everyone else at the same company, is this considered to be discrimination? (All other employees have the same contract, i.e. have the same amount of annual leave and paid sick leave as each other),

Thanks in advance,

Ruth

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  • Is this discrimination? As other colleagues have said, probably not if you can evidence a genuine justification.

    Is this good business practice? Also probably not.

    Why would a business seek to implement these lower benefits on one single employee, especially one with a protected characteristic? The savings that could be made on a few days holiday and sick pay (that may never be claimed) are likely minimal while the risk of a potential discrimination claim is high. And as you've said, "salary represents/ reflects the level of competency of each employee" - that is the most common method of reflecting someone's level of experience.

    For me I wouldn't think the savings merited the risk.
  • in reply to Owen
    Thanks a lot Owen- think you've hit the nail on the head!
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