Petitions/Government to pay Statutory Sick Pay for Small Businesses
StatusClosed
Opened26 Aug 2025
Closes26 Feb 2026
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones

We want the Government to cover Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) for small businesses.

As a small business with a few employees - If someone goes off sick long term we are forced to pay them SSP. When this happens I have to take a cut in my own wages (as the business owner) to pay this SSP. My business only just breaks even as it is, and I don't earn any more than the staff I employ.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Bradley Thomas
1Bradley Thomas MP
Bromsgrove
2
Gurinder Singh Josan
2Gurinder Singh Josan MP
Smethwick
2
Steve Darling
3Steve Darling MP
Torbay
2
Joy Morrissey
4Joy Morrissey MP
Beaconsfield
1
Preet Kaur Gill
5Preet Kaur Gill MP
Birmingham Edgbaston
1
Sir James Cleverly
6Sir James Cleverly MP
Braintree
1
Darren Jones
7Darren Jones MP
Bristol North West
1
Marie Goldman
8Marie Goldman MP
Chelmsford
1
Danny Kruger
9Danny Kruger MP
East Wiltshire
1
Dame Caroline Dinenage
10Dame Caroline Dinenage MP
Gosport
1