Statutory Sick Pay Eligibility Stoke-on-Trent North 2024-02-05
2024-02-05
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The question addresses the impact of statutory sick pay eligibility on levels of inequality in Stoke-on-Trent North constituency.
What recent assessment has been made by the Department regarding the potential impact of people not eligible for statutory sick pay due to earning less than the lower earnings limit on levels of inequality in Stoke-on-Trent North?
The Department has not made a specific assessment for the Stoke-on-Trent North constituency, but I refer my hon. Friend to the evidence I presented to the Work and Pensions Committee last week. I look forward to meeting him this week to discuss this in more detail.
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Specific assessment or data for Stoke-on-Trent North constituency
Refer My Hon. Friend To The Evidence
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The question follows up on a campaign to reform statutory sick pay and seeks support from the Department ahead of the spring Budget.
I am proud to have joined a campaign to reform statutory sick pay. Ahead of the spring Budget, will the Department join us in lobbying the Treasury to make these important changes, so that we have a healthier workforce contributing more to our economy and ensuring work pays fairly?
I refer my hon. Friend to the answers I gave to the Work and Pensions Committee. Statutory sick pay is considerably more complex than he makes out, but it is nice to see all this cross-party collaboration.
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Refer My Hon. Friend
Statutory Sick Pay Is Considerably More Complex
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