All employees are entitled to be paid Statutory Sick Pay when absent from work. There are exceptions and these include:

• Pensioners.

• Short-term employees (on contracts of 3 months or less).

• Low paid who do not earn enough to pay National Insurance contributions.

• New employees.

• Pregnant employees.

• Overseas employees.

• Prisoners.

• Employees on strike.

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