She got found fit for work, my mum.
Dragged herself there 2 days a week.
Slept the rest.
Dead within the year.
She became one of the statistics.
Her name was Mary Davies.
And my god did we try.
#sicknote #dwp #benefits #sickpay

News: today we launched a new policy brief with 12 cancer and health charities. We worked with Matt Padley, & Loughborough University to look at the devastating financial impact of a cancer diagnosis for someone who can only claim statutory #sickpay Read👇
centreforprogressivechange.org/blog/sick-pay-…

Sick Pay is vital for those undergoing cancer treatment to rest and recover safely. But our system in the UK isn’t fit for purpose. We’re joining forces with @prog_change to call for a sick pay increase #SafeSickPay #WorkandCancer #Cancer #SickPay #TongueCancer

Many rare and less common cancers, which make up nearly half of all cases, affect working people. Great to have Cancer52 Salivary Gland Cancer | Charity Leukaemia Care Anthony Nolan on our joint call to increase statutory #sickpay

Please write to your MP today:
centreforprogressivechange.org/campaigns/sick…

A powerful interview with Henny Braund of Anthony Nolan on BBC Radio Scotland this morning, on #sickpay and #cancer 👉 'The financial safety net is failing too many. We've even got patients postponing treatment... 'We're calling for sick pay to be at a livable level' #SafeSickPay

Yet another #cold affecting my #COPD . Will it ever stop?
#hospital treatment works, nothing else does.
#MondayMorning
#hospital ity is just a place where you pick up bugs. No #sickpay , so what is Rishi Sunak trying to do to make it better. Answer nothing.

Weeton4💙 Where are the SickPay police when you need them, eh Rishi? Rishi Sunak

Here are two charts. One is #sickpay and the other is #sickdays .

Now figure out what the real problem is here... sick pay or sick notes.

In the 14 years I’ve had #UlcerativeColitis , I’ve worked throughout.

Many times I’ve forced myself to work cos I can’t afford not to & when I’ve resorted to #sickpay , debt followed.

Rishi making out ppl are living their best lives on it 🤯

It’s not a luxury, it’s a necessity.

When asked 'How can we be a better Anchor?' - this is an answer. Does your #sickpay policy cover all employees? Does everyone who works for you - directly or indirect - have access to stat sick pay? This is how to make a difference. Michael Wood

Important new research from the The Health Foundation with a stark picture for health inequality.

The Government could reduce inequality - and save money - with statutory #sickpay reforms, paying it from day 1 at a higher amount

#SafeSickPay = a happier, healthier workforce

If we don't defend our #welfarestate it will disappear. No #NHS . No #sickpay . No #pensions . What is happening in #Gaza is a warning of what they are capable of. #GeneralStrike . We are many they are few.

My #sicknote #dwp #benefits #sickpay story - I wish these were automatic benefits.
After my epilepsy/brain tumour diagnosis a month after giving birth, I wasn't told anything about additional financial support.
I applied for all the baby/toddler assistance I was told of.
1/9

‘I worked from my hospital bed after chemotherapy'

Clare was penalised twice, by unpaid #sickpay waiting days and the low weekly amount.

Clare had no choice but to put her recovery at risk.

Great report by the Daily Mirror's Lizzy Buchan 👇
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

It was a pleasure to support Clare in telling her story. It is appalling that she was forced to work around chemo - then used 1yrs annual leave for a stem cell transplant as #sickpay didn't cover bills.

Thanks Lizzy Buchan for covering

#sickpay is the real issue not #sicknotes

Will you stand and watch as our precious rights are snatched away? Our #NHS , our right to #sickpay , #pensions and #human rights while the government and opposition simultaneously aid and abet #genocide ? Enough is enough.
#GeneralStrike now.

The DWP's response to today's #sickpay #cancer report doesn't add up. None of the 5 working people with cancer in the policy brief were granted PIP. 4 not eligible for UC. Other benefits often not there to supplement SSP, meaning just £116.75 a week to pay for all bills.

#NowPlaying Sick Pay by Sickpay
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How does Statutory Sick Pay (“SSP”) work?

#sickleave #sickpay #sicknessabsence #employmentbenefits #richardhironthehironator linkedin.com/posts/thehiron…

WrathOfMyBombast 🇺🇦 Plus, 900k has been recouped, leaving 300k unpaid. The story related up to £1000 per year being over paid to some staff. That's £83 per month overpaid before tax. I think I'd struggle to recognise an extra £50 in my pay especially if my pay is subject to O/T, A/L, sickpay etc....