An authority which had made an agreement which gave benefits to its employees in return for a reduction in their earnings was bound by that agreement even if it later proved more expensive than had been expected, and very generous. The scheme was not ultra vires. It was not a voluntary payment, but one under which employees had surrendered benefits.
Citations:
Times 20-Aug-1999, Gazette 11-Aug-1999
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Distinguished – Allsop v North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council CA 1991
The district auditor declared that payments made by the Council under an ‘enhanced voluntary severance scheme’, established by it in connection with its policy of not making employees compulsorily redundant, were unlawful. The payments were . .
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Local Government, Employment
Updated: 11 May 2022; Ref: scu.84270