Sick pay rules which left Britain “brutally exposed” to the coronavirus pandemic must be examined by the Covid Inquiry, workers’ leaders urged today.
The Trades’ Unions Congress called on probe chairwoman Baroness Heather Hallett to take “an unflinching” look at the system which left “millions facing a huge financial cliff edge if they contracted Covid”.
According to the organisation, 23% of UK workers had to rely on statutory sick pay if they needed to self-isolate during the pandemic, rising to 31% of the lowest paid.
