Petition · past parliament · Department for Work and Pensions
Increase Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)
Closed
123 signatures
What the petition asks
Change SSP to 100% for the first 6 weeks, 80% for the next 20 weeks and 70% of the employee’s salary for a period of up to 78 weeks.
SSP is too low, the people work hard but when life comes to difficulties is hard to leave. Other countries like Germany or France have similar systems.
Timeline
| 16 Nov 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 16 May 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
123
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Work and Pensions
Opened
16 Nov 2020
Closed
16 May 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.