https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n08/florence-sutcliffe-braithwaite/puny-rump Created Fri, 31/03/2023 - 00:00 Updated Fri, 31/03/2023 - 00:00 Statutory Sick Pay in the UK is particularly ungenerous, replacing less than 20 per cent of average earnings; among advanced economies, only the US and South Korea offer something worse: no mandatory sick pay at all.