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<p class="mol-para-with-font">A 'medically retired' <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/sciencetech/ibm/index.html" id="mol-a20d3c10-f1be-11ed-9dfc-2d8a80a8aa6c" target="_self">IBM</a> IT worker tried to sue a tech giant for not raising his £54,000 salary for the 15 years he was off on sick leave.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Ian Clifford claimed he was a victim of 'disability  discrimination' despite being given a guaranteed salary by IBM until he turns 65.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">This means he will have pocketed more than £1.5million from the company even though he has not worked since 2008, <a style="font-weight: bold;" class="class" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" website to the Mirror</a>.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The senior IT worker argued the lucrative IBM health plan was 'not generous enough' because his £54,028 salary will wither over time due to <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/news/inflation/index.html" id="mol-a20d6320-f1be-11ed-9dfc-2d8a80a8aa6c" target="_self">inflation</a>. </p><p class="mol-para-with-font">An employment tribunal in Reading, Berkshire, dismissed his claim and a judge told Mr Clifford he had been given a 'very substantial benefit' and 'favourable treatment'.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">He started to work for American software company, Lotus Development in 2000, shortly after it was purchased by IBM in June 1995 for around £3billion. </p><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-da39dbc3e44a133d" website height="640" width="634" alt="Ian Clifford claimed he was a victim of 'disability discrimination' despite being given a guaranteed salary by IBM until he turns 65 which would allow him to pocket more than £1.5million" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Ian Clifford claimed he was a victim of 'disability discrimination' despite being given a guaranteed salary by IBM until he turns 65 which would allow him to pocket more than £1.5million </p></div><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-12673dae2b179e30" website height="423" width="634" alt="IBM, lesser known as the International Business Machines Corporation, is an American multinational technology corporation based in New York. They have paid Mr Clifford's annual salary of £54,028 every year despite him not having worked since 2008" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">IBM, lesser known as the International Business Machines Corporation, is an American multinational technology corporation based in New York.<br> <br> <br> <br> They have paid Mr Clifford's annual salary of £54,028 every year despite him not having worked since 2008</p></div><p class="mol-para-with-font">Mr Clifford, who studied at King's College London, went on sick leave in September 2008 until 2013. </p><p class="mol-para-with-font">He then raised a grievance.<br> <br> Under this he protested he hadn't received a pay rise and also complained about holiday pay for the five-year period.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">In April, 2013, IBM offered a 'compromise agreement' which allowed  Mr Clifford to be put on the company's disability plan which prevents a person who is unable to work from being dismissed. </p><div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS news" data-version="2" id="mol-6cf66240-f1be-11ed-9dfc-2d8a80a8aa6c" website argued his £54,000 salary needed to increase because of inflation<br> <br> <br> <br> In case you beloved this post as well as you would like to be given guidance concerning <a href="https://www.microsoftpartner.uk/%D8%AE%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B2-11-%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%B3-%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B2-11-%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84/">technology updates</a> i implore you to check out our own webpage.
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