Unions accuse government of abandoning low-paid workers over sick pay
According to analysis by the TUC, two million workers in Britain do not earn enough to qualify for statutory sick pay
A demonstrator protests against the government's sick pay allowance of just £94 per week for freelance and self employed workers during the coronavirus outbreak on the Royal Mile, Edinburgh
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UNION leaders across Britain have accused the Tory government of abandoning low-paid workers after it ditched plans to reform statutory sick pay (SSP).
Ministers have reneged on a planned overhaul of SSP, including the removal of the lower earnings limit to allow all workers access to support.
According to analysis by the TUC, two million workers in Britain do not earn enough to qualify for statutory sick pay, 70 per cent of whom are women.
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