Sick pay

Overhauling the UK's 40-year-old statutory sick pay system could benefit the UK to the tune of £3.9bn and better support hundreds of thousands of workers, according to new proposals.

Free Covid-19 testing for the majority of workers has now ended, but that doesn't mean testing won't still be beneficial to employers.

HR professionals must ensure that their organisation is on top of the raft of employment law developments in April 2022.

Employers have been urged to be cautious and to remember their legal duty to keep employees safe at work as...

Rishi Sunak urged to continue sick pay rebate for all smaller firms and increase rate of SSP.

There will be an additional bank holiday in 2022 to celebrate the Queen’s platinum jubilee.
Many employees will be entitled...

As some employers reveal that they have removed contractual sick pay from unvaccinated staff, Joanne Moseley examines the legal risks...

In the opening episode of the new season of the Oven-Ready HR podcast, Paul Nowak, deputy general secretary of the...

Legal warning over staff from certain ethnic or religious backgrounds as well as those who are pregnant.

Companies start to reduce sick pay for those who are unvaccinated who have to self-isolate.

Unite is calling on the government to cancel the relaxation to the fit note system, because it is leading to attacks on employees’ conditions.

Several employers including Ikea and Wessex Water have cut sick pay for unvaccinated employees who are told to self-isolate after...

HR must consider the risk that some staff might call in sick to take time off where annual leave may not have been granted by an employer.

Thousands of key workers will earn less on Christmas Day than they did a decade ago, according to analysis from...

Some employers may be in a quandary over how to handle employees who take long-term sick leave this winter.