Nurse with long Covid denied special leave pay to get €127,000 for lost earnings

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Woman was infected at start of the pandemic in March 2020 when PCR testing was not available

Four doctors had confirmed the nurse’s diagnosis with post-Covid Syndrome, including a respiratory specialist, the tribunal heard.

This provided for the payment of basic salary and fixed allowances to any worker who had been in the workplace in the fortnight prior to being ordered to self-isolate. “As she never had a Covid-positive test therefore she never submitted a positive Covid certificate. She needed to have certified Covid illness and all four criteria to meet the criteria,” the employer told the WRC.

 

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