Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

New rights for UK workers are unlikely to put enough money in the pockets of those who need it

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Matt Padley, Professor and Co-Director, Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University

Sarah was in a comfortable job, working for an archaeology business before being diagnosed with cancer. Much of her 20-year career had left her with reliable employment rights in the civil service.

But having made a career change and moved to a small business, she was now reliant on statutory sick pay, just over £100 a week at the time. To avoid a catastrophic loss of income, she had to work from her hospital bed in between sessions of chemotherapy, before being forced to return to work just weeks after a bone marrow…

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