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The Centre for Progressive Change is a not-for-profit organisation aimed at building national organising campaigns for a more progressive society. #SafeSickPay
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Joined September 2020
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.
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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.
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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"
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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.”.
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That's why many brilliant organisations like @mssocietyuk @YLvsCancer @MindCharity @CitizensAdvice @pcs_union @The_TUC @LeukaemiaCareUK & @organisehq for a change to sick pay
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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.
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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.
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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 🧵
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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.
📢 Our new report with the @WorkFoundation reveals the tough reality of working with MS in the UK. A thread ⬇️. (1/6)
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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.
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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 👇.
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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.
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As former John Lewis Boss Charlie Mayfield says, 'everybody loses' if we don't reverse the worrying trend towards illness-based economic activity.
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The independent review is looking into the different actions businesses can help to support sick and disabled people in work 👇.
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Good morning. We hope you've had a great bank holiday. In case you missed it, do have a read of this excellent piece in the FT on the work of the Mayfield Review👇
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RT @Prog_Change: This excellent opinion piece by Richard Quigley MP is well worth a read. He argues the case for #SafeSickPay, offering his….
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This excellent opinion piece by Richard Quigley MP is well worth a read. He argues the case for #SafeSickPay, offering his own practical experience of running a small hospitality business. Businesses flourish when you treat workers well and ensure they have decent rights👇.
“It is simply wrong to argue that working people shouldn’t get these most basic protections many of our European neighbours take for granted”, writes Labour MP Richard Quigley . 🗣️ Sorting out the UK’s sick pay problem is unfinished business.
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RT @Prog_Change: "Statutory sick pay is inadequate, . we need a sick pay system that provides real security". Great to hear Lord Davies a….
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RT @Prog_Change: "I ask your Lordships: do we believe that those people can survive on £3 an hour?". @CarmenRiaSmith calls out the low rate….
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RT @Prog_Change: "For a decade and more, SSP has failed to keep up with the cost of living or increases in the living wage . the SSP rate….
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"For a decade and more, SSP has failed to keep up with the cost of living or increases in the living wage . the SSP rate is not enough to live on". Baroness O'Grady calls on the Government to review the rate of Statutory Sick Pay before the Autumn Budget 🌡️
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