12.1. Statutory sick pay will be payable from day one of sickness, rather than on and from day four as at present. This will happen on the 6th April 2026.
12.2. The Employment Rights Act amends the rate paid by an employer to remove the lower earnings limit, making statutory sick pay available to all qualifying workers. Instead there will be a prescribed percentage of 80% of employee’s weekly earnings, or a minimum of £123.25, whichever is the lower. This figure will change each April as the government regularly does with other applicable employment rates such as the weekly cap on redundancy pay.
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