Fair Employment Tribunal

Lydia Seymour and Elizabeth Grace secure holiday pay for Out-of-Hours GPs in Northern Ireland

Lydia Seymour and Elizabeth Grace have successfully argued that two Belfast doctors, Dr. Durkan and Dr. O’Neill, are entitled to holiday pay from the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, following a long-standing dispute. The case, which was a test case backed by the BMA and heard by the former President of the Northern Irish Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal, is likely to determine the terms of employment for a significant number of sessional Out-of-Hours GPs in the region. The background to the case was that sessional Out-of-Hours GPs had originally been deemed self-employed by the Trust; however, in 2017 HMRC determined that they were employees. The Trust viewed them as workers, and acknowledged they were entitled to holiday…

News 6 Jun, 2025