New research from the Work Foundations shows that 1.15m UK workers are not eligible for Statutory Sick Pay as they don’t meet the weekly earnings threshold (£123).
This Ineligibility disproportionately impacts groups already facing structural inequalities in the labour market:
Nearly two thirds are women (69.2%)
A third are disabled workers (33%)
And over half are young workers aged 16-24 (52.4%)
This should be sorted by a Labour Govt., but will it be?
https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundation/publications/time-off
Maybe it's about time the government implemented something like we have in Luxembourg where everyone is entitled to full pay when off sick. Statutory sick pay in Britain is a "sick" joke. It's time Britain did better - VERY MUCH BETTER!
