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20/12/2011 15:06:09 Siharris Posts: 1

My wife has been signed off sick for the past few months and her employer's HR department have recently conducted a meeting with her to discuss occupational health etc. this all seemed fine however during the meeting it was discussed that although she is currently recieving 75% income this would at some point drop to 60% and they would give my wife advanced notice of this happening. Earlier this month my wife recieved a letter dated December 8th outlining a change to the processes regarding pay and the letter contained an insurance form for income protection insurance on behalf of the company with a note explaining that her income would drop to 50% from the 22nd December. When my wife recieved this months pay slip yesterday it indicated only 50% of her normal income. She had previously been advised that the company pay sick a month in arrears so we assumed that the employer has made a mistake and the reduction should have commenced in January for the December period. After several telephione calls to her head office she has been informed that they have not made any mistakes and are now claiming that sick pay is not processed in arrears. They have also admitted that payroll was processed 7th December and the letter regarding the income protection was not composed until the following day therefore giving insufficient time for my wife to return the income protection claim and for it to be processed. Can my wife pursue any claim against this as this has obviously left a big hole in our household income and she is getting no responses from her employers?

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