Small Businesses: Statutory Sick Pay
(asked on 9th September 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of immediate sick pay entitlement on small businesses.
This question was answered on 23rd September 2025
The government conducted a Regulatory Impact Assessment (which can be found in the attached document) on the changes to strengthen Statutory Sick Pay in the Employment Rights Bill, which was published on 21 October 2024. This includes the impacts on small businesses. Furthermore, the government intends to conduct a post-implementation review of the Employment Rights Bill within five years of implementation.