Recommendation 10

The statutory framework for Statutory Sick Pay is causing particular problems for recruitment companies in respect of the payment of agency workers. It is not sufficiently clear when a day is a qualifying day for agency workers or how a recruitment company might properly end their liability for paying SSP in respect of such workers. The Government should review the operation of Statutory Sick Pay in respect of agency workers and if necessary set out proposals for amending secondary legislation to provide the necessary clarity to those employing them. (Paragraph 76) Statutory Sick Pay 37