Section 153 Rate of payment.

Northern Ireland

F1(1)

The weekly rate of statutory sick pay that an employer must pay to an employee is the lower of—

(a)

F2£123.25, and

(b)

80% of the employee’s normal weekly earnings.

(2)

The Department may by order—

F3(a)

amend subsection (1) above so as to substitute different provision as to the weekly rate or rates of statutory sick pay; and

(b)

make such consequential amendments as appear to the Department to be required of any provision contained in this Part of this Act.

(3)

The amount of statutory sick pay payable by any one employer in respect of any day shall be the weekly rate applicable on that day divided by the number of days which are, in the week (beginning with Sunday) in which that day falls, qualifying days as between that employer and the employee concerned.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 153(1) substituted (6.4.2026) by Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), ss. 13(2), 159(3); S.I. 2026/373, reg. 2(d) (with regs. 4, 6)
F2: Sum in s. 153(1) substituted (6.4.2026) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 (S.R. 2026/59), arts. 1(1)(d), 8
F3: S. 153(2)(a) substituted (6.4.1995) by S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12), art. 10(3); S.R. 1994/450, art. 2, Sch. Pt. III