Legislation – Employment Rights Act 2025
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- s. 10 coming into force by S.I. 2026/373 reg. 2(a)
Part 1Employment rights
Statutory sick pay
10Statutory sick pay in Great Britain: removal of waiting period
(1)
Part 11 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (statutory sick pay) is amended as follows.
(2)
In section 151(1) (employer’s liability), for “sections 152 to 154” substitute “sections 153 and 154”
.
(3)
In section 152 (period of incapacity for work)—
(a)
omit subsection (1);
(b)
in subsection (2), for the words from “any” to “is” substitute “a period of one day which is, or of two or more consecutive days each of which is,”
.
(4)
In section 153(1) (period of entitlement), for “second” substitute “first”
.
(5)
In section 154(1) (qualifying days), for “third” substitute “second”
.
(6)
In section 155 (limitations on entitlement), omit subsection (1).
(7)
In section 156(2) (notification of incapacity for work), omit paragraph (b) (and the “or” at the end of paragraph (a)).