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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Daniel Keane

Three-quarters of Londoners want increase to statutory sick pay

Three-quarters of Londoners want an increase to statutory sick pay, a poll revealed on Monday, amid fears that many employees are forced to work through illness to avoid losing money.

A poll by Focal Data, commissioned for the Safe Sick Pay campaign, found that 75 per cent of Londoners polled in 2024 backed an increase to the weekly amount of sick pay paid out by employers.

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