Jason Elliott was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 2013 and is the Associate Head of School of Law at Ulster University. As a practising barrister, he has developed a largely civil practice representing individuals, companies and public bodies in litigation. This covers a wide range of areas including personal injuries, wills and employment law. In terms of employment law, he has represented both applicants and respondents in the Industrial Tribunal. At Ulster University, Jason lectures extensively on the civil areas of practise such as Equity and Trusts and delivers employment law lectures for both undergraduate and postgraduate students.
The claimant commenced employment with the respondent in October 2017. She agreed to take a reduced salary of £32,000, rather than £36,000, on the basis that she would receive a van and fuel for business use only. On 5th June 2020 the respondent sought the claimant’s agreement to place her on furlough under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme introduced by the Government in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The claimant queried how the van salary sacrifice would be dealt with, but she signed the form anyway. There was no proposal to go beyond the remit of the scheme so she would receive 80% of her pay. The respondent later responded stating that the van was outside of the
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