A finance worker sued for discrimination after he was “disappointed” to receive a £10,000 bonus in a year where he worked only 18 days.
Matthew Colliander-Smith had long Covid and was only able to work for 8 per cent of his usual hours in 2022, an employment tribunal heard.
After he received around £185,000 as an annual bonus the previous year, Mr Colliander-Smith, who was a partner at Veritas Asset Management, was “shocked” to receive a much smaller award following his time off sick.
He suggested he deserved an award closer to £100,000 because his illness made it much harder to do any work, and therefore his effort rather than output should be rewarded.
Veritas eventually agreed to increase that to £40,000 despite Mr Colliander-Smith having been unable to perform the vast majority of his duties.
After a dispute about returning to work which resulted in him having his partnership terminated, he then sued the finance firm for disability discrimination.
Good salesman tho’ getting that bonus upgraded. Gotta give ‘im that.
Good salesman, or did he just play the victim card – I’m sick, if you don’t pay me then I’ll sue? and HR caved in.
Does “Long Covid” exist in a way that’s distinct from any other post-viral fatigue?
How do some sufferers manage the feat even though tests on show that they’d never been infected by Covid?
How many cases would be better called “Long Lockdown”, “Long Vaxx” or “Swinging the Lead”?
Why anyone employs anyone in the UK I have no idea.
There must be some British English definition of ‘bonus’ that applies, else this makes no sense at all.
There’s a lad that that I know, friend of a friend, that I sit near at football. He’s been complaining of “long covid” for a while now.
I’d had enough one day last season and said “Are you sure it’s not 20 years of cocaine abuse?”
Never said a word since
Remind me to check if I have any investments managed by Veritas Asset Management, and if so, move them as soon as possible. Any company is so free with money to upgrade a bonus to 40K for 8% work is not serious about assets.
Does “Long Covid” exist in a way that’s distinct from any other post-viral fatigue?
https://www.thestudiesshowpod.com/p/paid-only-episode-2-long-covid
Too long; didn’t listen: no different to other post viral fatigue, if it does exist
Is this “Long Covid” in the room with us now?
@ Gunker
The cost of defending a claim in court is far more than £40k.
My reason for avoiding them in future (in the past I didn’t even know they existed) is that their HR department is capable of hiring such leeches – that sort make lousy analysts and fund managers.
I kind of wish I hadn’t retired from lawyerdom. It appears that you can now sue for any stupid thing and make bigbux. Jurors seem to have lost their sense.