As many as EIGHT MILLION British workers face " unliveable" sick pay of as little as 3 an hour. The UK's statutory sick pay duration of 28 weeks is lower than most other European Union countries, it has been warned, as the Cost of Living crisis continues.
The Employment Rights Bill, due for a parliamentary vote next week, will still leave 8.3 million contracted workers with statutory sick pay equivalent to as little as 3 per hour when ill. The fixed rate of just 116.75 per week falls far short of minimum wage levels, The Independent has revealed.
As many as eight million are currently ill but only entitled to receive statutory sick pay (SSP) from the Labour Party government instead of enhanced sick pay from their employers. Danny Hine-Berry, who was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in 2022, received just 96 per week – less than a third of his normal income.
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"It left me in a lot of financial difficulty. And when you're going through something like that, you should be able to focus on getting better. But instead, I had kind of all these worries and stress about money on top of my physical health problems," he told The Independent.
"It affected my mental health quite badly," he added. Alan Barton was diagnosed with bowel...
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