AQW 9919/17-22

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 09/11/2020
Answered On Date: 18/11/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities whether she is considering statutory sick pay levels as part of the review of welfare mitigation measures.

Answer:

My Department is not yet in a position to provide details of the specific issues that will be covered in the forthcoming review of welfare mitigations. However, it is expected that the review will focus on support for people claiming social security benefits. Therefore the levels of Statutory Sick Pay will not form part of the review Statutory Sick Pay is payable to employees who are unable to work due to illness