Raise Statutory Sick Pay for Cancer suffers to minimal wage& extend to 52 weeks.

Closed 1,168 signatures

What the petition asks

No person within the UK diagnosed with Cancer should be put into financial difficulties by a large reduction of their income due to Cancer. In some instances, an employer may have a 4 or 8-week full Company sick pay, but after this time, their income drops to the current Statutory Sick Pay.

I am currently employed by a one of the largest UK High street retailers and diagnosed with Cancer on the 15th Sept 2017. On the 2nd Oct (36 hours before I had Cancer surgery), my employer sat me down & informed me that I would NOT be getting paid while I was off recovering from Cancer. I have received my examples through Social Media of similar practices by this employer and by many other UK companies

Timeline

11 Oct 2017	Petition opened for signatures
11 Apr 2018	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 1,168

Status Closed

Opened 11 Oct 2017

Closed 11 Apr 2018

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