sick pay
(British) Money paid to an employee on sick leave.
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Workers' rights are on the ballot this Thursday. Reform want to scrap sick pay, guaranteed hours, and unfair dismissal protections. Tell us what matters to you:
i miss having sick pay. what do you mean i used all the pto i have for the year (40 hours) in the first three months cus parents kept sending their kids to school sick and now if i take more than one day off sick i ca…
Nurse fraudulently pocketed £6k in NHS sick pay while working elsewhere
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(British) Money paid to an employee on sick leave.
“Workers' rights are on the ballot this Thursday. Reform want to scrap sick pay, guaranteed hours, and unfair dismissal protections. Tell us what matters to you:”
— Bluesky· May 2026“i miss having sick pay. what do you mean i used all the pto i have for the year (40 hours) in the first three months cus parents kept sending their kids to school sick and now if i take more than one day off sick i can barely afford rent? wonderful”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Nurse fraudulently pocketed £6k in NHS sick pay while working elsewhere”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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