The Statutory Sick Pay (Rate of Payment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1994
This order, substitutes which comes into operation on 6th April 1994, alternative provisions for the paragraphs of subsection (1) of section 153 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7) (rate of payment). The new provisions increase the lower rate of statutory sick pay from £46.95 to £47.80 per week. The higher rate remains unchanged at £52.50 per week. In addition the earnings band is altered so that the higher rate becomes payable where the employee’s earnings are normally £200.00 or more per week (increased from £195.00 or more per week) (Article 2).