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Christmas cheer
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• The generosity of William Cox, managing director of Cox's Transport, in paying Class I lorry driver Edward Johnston his full basic weekly wage, after he was off sick with a heart condition last Christmas, did not alter the terms and conditions of Johnston's employment, a Hull industrial tribunal ruled this week. It held that under his contract of employment, Johnston, of Heneage Road, Grimsby, was only entitled to statutory sick pay.
Cox had adopted the practice of paying any driver off work the full week's basic pay, claiming back from the relevant government department any sick pay they might otherwise have been entitled to receive.
Cox stopped this when he found a driver abusing the practice.
When Johnston was off for a week because of a heart condition, Cox paid up and made an exception.