Ikea has slashed sick pay for unvaccinated workers in the United Kingdom who are forced to isolate after being exposed to COVID-19. The new policy will only entitle the exposed, unvaccinated ...

Almost a third (32 per cent) of UK workers overestimate the value of statutory sick pay, which currently stands at £109.40 per week. According to research by The Exeter, published in its Health ...

The UK’s current statutory sick pay is just over a quarter of the minimum weekly wage for a full-time worker, and a third of the take-home minimum pay of £378.50.

Employees in the UK took an average 7.8 sick days over the past year, according to a study. Sick leave in the UK has hit its highest rate in 15 years and is well above pre-pandemic levels, a study ...

The Labour Party government has announced a new sick-pay guarantee for the 1.3 MILLION lowest-paid workers. Workers earning under £123 a week to get 80% of salary in sick pay, keeping more people ...

The average number of sick days taken by UK workers has fallen, according to new data, as the average amount taken by each worker is revealed.. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates ...

Sick pay reforms could cut absence levels and provide a £4.1 billion boost to the UK economy, according to new research. It comes as the number of people off work due to long-term illness remains ...

How many sick days do Brits take per year? In terms of overall sickness absence in the UK, there were approximately 185.6 million working days lost in 2022, compared with 149.8 million in the ...

The UK's statutory sick pay offers 'very little insurance' against illness but minimum wage levels are rising above other rich countries, think-tank says.

Only 1% of UK workers off sick find jobs within six months, report says on whatsapp (opens in a new window) Save Delphine Strauss in London. Published February 25 2025.