Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 35609
Small Businesses: Sick Pay
Tabled: 4 March 2025
Answered: 12 March 2025
Question
James McMurdock
Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the rate of statutory sick pay on financial costs for small businesses.
Answer
Alison McGovernThe Department undertook a Regulatory Impact Assessment covering the measures in the Employment Rights Bill to strengthen Statutory Sick Pay: removing the Lower Earnings Limit and the waiting period. This can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/emp...
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