Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 54573

Small Businesses: Dismissal and Statutory Sick Pay

Tabled: 22 May 2025

Answered: 5 June 2025

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of provisions in the Employment Rights Bill on (a) statutory sick pay and (b) dismissal procedures on small businesses.

Answer

Justin Madders

The Government has published a robust set of Impact Assessments on all aspects of the Employment Rights Bill, available here: Employment Rights Bill: impact assessments - GOV.UK. These include assessments on the impacts to small and micro businesses in li...

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