Member

Amendment 71 would add a new subsection (2A) to Section 155, which would ensure that an employee who holds multiple jobs during a single period of sickness is not entitled to claim more statutory sick pay than they would receive if employed by only one employer. This provision is particularly important in preventing the duplication of statutory sick pay claims, where an individual could potentially claim statutory sick pay from multiple employers at once, leading to a higher total amount than they would have been entitled to had they been employed by only one. This could become a serious problem as workers increasingly hold multiple part-time or temporary jobs to supplement their income. While this reflects the changing nature of modern work, which we discussed earlier today, it also opens the door for potential overpayment of statutory sick pay benefits—a situation that could be exploited.