Legislation – Employment Rights Act 2025
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Part 1Employment rights
Statutory sick pay
12Statutory sick pay in Northern Ireland: removal of waiting period
(1)
Part 11 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (statutory sick pay) is amended as follows.
(2)
In section 147(1) (employer’s liability), for “sections 148 to 150” substitute “sections 149 and 150”
.
(3)
In section 148 (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 149(1) (period of entitlement), for “second” substitute “first”
.
(5)
In section 150(1) (qualifying days), for “third” substitute “second”
.
(6)
In section 151 (limitations on entitlement), omit subsection (1).
(7)
In section 152(2) (notification of incapacity for work), omit paragraph (b) (and the “or” at the end of paragraph (a)).