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Sickness absence and sick pay

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  • Date:
    5 November 2025
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Employment Rights Bill essentials: Statutory sick pay eligibility

    In the latest part of our series exploring the detail of the Employment Rights Bill, we look at the expansion of eligibility for statutory sick pay and the potential impact on employers.

  • Date:
    27 October 2025
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Upcoming webinar: Employment Rights Bill - HR's countdown to April 2026

    With the Employment Rights Bill expected to receive Royal Assent shortly, HR professionals must ready themselves for the first big tranche of employment law changes taking place in April 2026. In this webinar, we explain what these amendments are and what employers can do to prepare for them.

  • Date:
    8 October 2025
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Employment Rights Bill: 10 key policies employers need to revamp

    The Employment Rights Bill packs an imposing number of employment law reforms into its 330 pages. With Royal Assent imminent, we outline the key policies that you will need to update.

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Statutory sick pay

    Updated with information on the Government’s implementation timetable for changes to statutory sick pay and the establishment of the Fair Work Agency body under the Employment Rights Bill.

  • Type:
    Legal timetable

    Changes to eligibility for statutory sick pay

    Updated to reflect the publication of the Government's Employment Rights Bill implementation roadmap.

  • Date:
    4 June 2025
    Type:
    News

    Facilities firms share 'deep concerns' on workers' rights

    More than 100 companies in the facilities management sector have warned of 'deep concerns' and 'unintended consequences' of the Employment Rights Bill.

  • Date:
    24 April 2025
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Sickness absence rates and management research 2025

    Absence rates indicate the health and wellbeing of your workforce, and collecting data on sickness leave can help to identify areas with high absence within your organisation. In this report, understand how your organisation's absence rates compare to others and hear from HR professionals on topics including initiatives to minimise absence and working with line managers to effectively manage the absence process.

  • Date:
    24 April 2025
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Occupational sick pay research 2025

    Many organisations opt to provide sick pay that exceeds the statutory minimum as a benefit for employees. This Brightmine research report outlines the standard rates and eligibility requirements for enhanced occupational sick pay schemes, allowing you to see how your organisation compares.

  • Date:
    24 March 2025
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    April 2025 employment law changes: Five-point checklist for HR

    While the introduction of neonatal care leave and pay is the key change for HR professionals to get to grips with, there are other employment law changes in April 2025. These include increases to the national minimum wage rates; a rise in statutory redundancy pay; and the uprating of statutory sick pay and family-related pay.

  • Date:
    18 March 2025
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Tribunal round-up - disability-related absence

    Susie Munro, senior legal editor at Brightmine, looks at three cases where employers have lost "discrimination arising from disability" claims after treating workers unfavourably because of disability-related absence.