3. Protecting incomes
[ch 3: page 12]Workers will not feel secure in coping with sickness absence or disability if it results in a significant loss of income. Income protection during absence from work caused by or related to ill health is mainly provided by:
• Statutory Sick Pay (SSP);
• occupational or contractual sick pay (OSP);
• other forms of paid leave from work;
• state benefits (including Employment Support Allowance and Universal Credit)