This section amends Part 11 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 to remove the prohibition on a period of entitlement for SSP purposes arising where a person earns below the lower earnings limit. This means that all eligible employees, regardless of their earnings level, are entitled to SSP.
	Subsection (2) sets the weekly rate of SSP at £118.75 or 80% of the employee’s normal weekly earnings, whichever is lower. The change from £116.75 to £118.75 is to reflect the uprated sum which came into effect on 6 April 2025.
	Subsection (3) repeals paragraph 2(c) of Schedule 11 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 so that earning below the lower earnings limit is no longer a circumstance in which a period of entitlement to SSP does not arise.
Part 1: Employment Rights Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) Section 11: Statutory sick pay: lower earnings limit etc