With latest ONS data showing that the UK has lost 149.3 million working days to sickness or injury in the last year, SMEs are calling for a sick pay rebate.
According to the figures, Covid-19 accounts for nearly one in four of all absences.
Tina McKenzie, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Policy commented on the recent findings, “The average cost of sickness absence, including finding cover, stands at more than £3,000 a year for small employers, equating to £5 billion across the small business community as a whole.
“With operating costs surging in the round, small firms need more financial assistance to go on doing right by their staff when they’re unwell.
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Email Jaime“On the day that the government has announced yet more help for big energy-intensive companies, we’re asking policymakers to take forward our joint proposal with the TUC for a small business sick pay rebate which will support those who have received no assistance whatsoever with utility bills.
“Allowing small community businesses to recover sick pay costs will give them that much more space to invest, recruit and retain staff, spurring our economic recovery from the grass roots up.”
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