Unequal Access to Sick Pay and Time Off Work Risks Deepening UK's Long-Term Health Crisis
June 21, 2024
June 21, 2024
LANCASTER, England, June 21 (TNSres) -- Lancaster University issued the following news:
More than a million UK workers are unable to claim Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) due to their low earnings and may feel forced to work when they are ill, a new report warns.
Analysis by the Work Foundation at Lancaster University suggests nearly two thirds of the 1.15 million UK workers who currently fail to meet the SSP earnings threshold of pound sterling123 per week are women (69.2%); . . .
More than a million UK workers are unable to claim Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) due to their low earnings and may feel forced to work when they are ill, a new report warns.
Analysis by the Work Foundation at Lancaster University suggests nearly two thirds of the 1.15 million UK workers who currently fail to meet the SSP earnings threshold of pound sterling123 per week are women (69.2%); . . .