Workers can’t get well soon without #SafeSickPay. Today our coalition gave a ‘Get workers well soon’ card signed by thousands to @10DowningStreet & @DWPgovuk. To strengthen Statutory Sick Pay the Government must raise the rate & stop plans to reduce sick pay for 300,000 workers.

Great to see @JohannaBaxter pressing the Minister on Statutory Sick Pay reform on the first day back after recess! . We need to increase Statutory Sick Pay to stop workers falling into poverty.

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It was great to speak to Leek Building Society today - a business with a leading global reputation on employee wellbeing. One thing that inspires us in our work to seek a safe sick pay system for all workers is meeting the many employers who go far beyond the statutory minimum.

Revealing to hear members of Govt's disability confident employer scheme are no more likely to hire disabled people than those not in the scheme . A lesson for the Government on sick pay here- weaker action undermines the chance of greater positive impact on workforce health.

Great to join and listen to @resfoundation's event with Sir Charlie Mayfield this morning. Supporting #disabled people into work has to mean an adequate financial safety net when they do need time off. Part of that means better #statutorysickpay.

Excellent analysis from @wpi_economics on one of the Employment Rights Bill's two #sickpay reforms, day one sick pay. Improved productivity, retention and morale all add up to a £2bn net business benefit.

RT @The_TUC: When employers trust their employees and provide sick pay from day one, their businesses benefit too. If you're too ill to wo….

Brilliant to have @alexsobel as a public supporter of the #SafeSickPay campaign. At £3 an hour, Statutory Sick Pay is so low that many are forced to return to work whilst ill or injured - jeopardising both their physical and mental health. It's time this changed.

It was great to see @JohannaBaxter raising the rate of Statutory Sick Pay with Alison McGovern MP, Minister for Employment in Parliament last week. "As a Department we are looking at it very closely and I'm sure Parliament will discuss the issue . over the years to come"

Our director, Amanda Walters said “If we are serious about improving the health of the working age population, the Government needs to stop ignoring the elephant in the room and put statutory sick pay in line with the minimum wage.”.

That's why many brilliant organisations like @mssocietyuk @YLvsCancer @MindCharity @CitizensAdvice @pcs_union @The_TUC @LeukaemiaCareUK & @organisehq for a change to sick pay

Studies by some of the UK's top experts at the @WorkFoundation @resfoundation @HealthFdn @wpi_economics @CitizensAdvice @CIPD and @IPPR (to name a few!) have found that the UK's low sick pay is actually making the workforce's health worse.

The latest annual data is on the link below. It masks the true picture: Day in day out, millions of workers are going to work ill or injured, working through pain because their sick pay doesn't cover the bills. They don't get counted in these statistics.

Some significant news from the ONS on sick day data this morning. There has been a large fall in total sick days taken by workers, but there is more to the story. a 🧵

MS is a challenging condition to work with and requires a delicate balancing act for many thousands of people. Well done, @mssocietyuk and @WorkFoundation, for putting this excellent study together - it's great to work with you as fellow advocates for improved #SickPay.

Danny's story is one of thousands we've heard. The UK remains a global laggard on sick pay. We'd urge the Mayfield review to ensure raising the rate of sick pay is a key part of its agenda.

One of our sick pay champions, Danny Berry, who works with Young Lives vs Cancer, talked about exactly this challenge in his evidence to the Work & Pensions select committee, yet we've not seen action to address the rate from the Government 👇.

Yet the UK's own sick pay system is contributing to exactly that. The woefully low rate of statutory sick pay leaves many workers in huge financial difficulty. Some return to work too soon and make themselves more ill, others are forced to leave and go onto out of work benefits.

As former John Lewis Boss Charlie Mayfield says, 'everybody loses' if we don't reverse the worrying trend towards illness-based economic activity.

The independent review is looking into the different actions businesses can help to support sick and disabled people in work 👇.