Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce statutory sick pay at an hourly rate; and if he will make a statement.
We want to see a reformed Statutory Sick Pay system which supports more flexible working – for example, to help support phased returns to work including spacing out working days during a return to work, managing a health condition, or recovering from illness. We are taking forward further policy development and will bring forward a consultation on these changes, before introducing this reform