United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 31442
Statutory Sick Pay: Coronavirus
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18 March 2020
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23 March 2020 · Answer
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23 March 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions her Department has had with the Treasury on increasing the amount of Statutory Sick Pay paid to people who have to (a) self-isolate or (b) are diagnosed with covid-19.
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18 March 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions her Department has had with the Treasury on increasing the amount of Statutory Sick Pay paid to people who have to (a) self-isolate or (b) are diagnosed with covid-19.
Source: Commons
23 March 2020
Answer
The current Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) rate is the legal minimum rate that an employer must pay to an employee; many employers have their own occupational health schemes. The SSP system is designed to balance support for the individual with the costs to the...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-03-18/31442
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1186292
- uk · wq-1186292 · source updated 23 March 2020