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With the National Minimum Wage (NMW) now almost fifteen years old, and with another increase pending on 1st April 2017 HMRC have issued a list of the most elaborate excuses they've been given by employers for not paying the appropriate rates:

Government Consultation on Statutory Sick Pay

Alan Kitto

A few days ago, the government announced several proposed changes to employment law in its Employment Rights Bill. One of these changes was to make statutory sick pay (SSP) a day one right (currently, it’s only payable from day four of each period of absence), and another was to make the amount payable a percentage of the employee’s salary where they earn less than the SSP rate.

Yesterday, the government published a consultation seeking views on what the percentage should be;  the consultation paper outlines some illustrative examples that set out the broad costs for employers and potential impacts on low earners of different percentage rates. The examples range from 60% of earnings, which is the lowest rate that the government’s internal modelling suggests would not leave employees worse off, to 80% of earnings, as proposed in the 2019 Health is Everyone’s Business consultation

Full details of the consultation, which remains open until 4 December 2024, can be accessed here.

Please make your views known by taking part in the consultation, it’s a few short questions and shouldn’t take long, The proposed changes will disproportionately affect small and medium-sized businesses and as such it’s important that your views are heard before any final decisions are made.

Please get in touch if you have any questions.