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Sick pay: Low paid workers to get 80% of salary when ill

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Low-paid UK workers to get 80% of salary in sick pay from first day of illness.

UK workers earning less than 123 a week are not entitled to any statutory sick pay.

Unions call for the rate of sick pay to be increased in the future.

Move is part of updates to Employment Rights Bill expected to be announced on Tuesday .

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80

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semi-formal

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English

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38

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