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Ireland second worst country for sick pay in Europe as thousands of workers beg for reform
Updated: 16:03, 11 May 2021
IRELAND is the second worst country in Europe when it comes to sick pay, according to a new report.
Thousands of workers across the continent have been forced to take time off over the past 15 months because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Labour Employment spokeswoman Marie Sherlock
But many employees in Ireland will be entitled to very little if they’re stuck down with the deadly coronavirus or any other serious illness.
Sick pay in this country is determined by employee contract type, with no mandatory provisions in place.
ICTU warning over reduced redundancy for workers on PUP
Updated / Saturday, 13 Feb 2021
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Industry and Employment Correspondent
Hundreds of thousands of workers could lose out on redundancy payments if their employment is terminated because time spent claiming the Pandemic Unemployment Payment will not count when calculating entitlements.
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has urged the Government to reform employment law so that the period spent on the PUP will count towards redundancy payments.
It says that without reform, some employees could lose out on up to a year of redundancy pay having been laid off due to the pandemic through no fault of their own.