Quote Originally Posted by Khendraja'aro View Post
Uh, wait, you have to earn above a certain threshold to earn sick pay? That doesn't quite sound right to me.
For SSP yes, which is a fixed £79.15 a week no matter how much you earn.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTax...ured/DG_175843

If someone earns above £97/week then they pay National Insurance (tax). Only those employees are companies obliged to pay SSP for and if for some reason an excessive amount of employees are off sick in a year then the cost of that above a certain % of NI payments can be reclaimed from the state.

Below the NI threshold the state pays for their sick pay. It would be bizarre if someone paid £10/week went sick and got £79.15 a week.

It does mean that those on serious incomes lose out badly if they start to claim SSP. I'd struggle to pay my bills on that, but then again I'm not working on that!