2026 Statutory Sick Pay: Is your business ready?
Set for April 2026, major Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) reforms will extend eligibility to an estimated 1.3 million more employees. This significant change will inevitably raise employer costs and increase the administrative burden of absence management, particularly for SMEs, which make up 99% of all UK businesses and will face the heaviest financial impact.
SSP and Covid – Reimbursement Scheme Reintroduced
The Chancellor announced last night that he is reintroducing the SSP reimbursement scheme for SMEs who have employees off sick with Covid. The full details of the scheme are yet to be announced, however the government updated has updated its guidance on gov.uk with the message: “This scheme will be reintroduced from mid-January 2022. Further guidance […]