Sick pay: Low paid workers to get 80% of salary when ill

More than one million low-paid workers in the UK are to be entitled to 80% of their weekly salary as sick pay from the first day of illness, under government plans.At the moment, UK workers earning less than £123 a week are not entitled to any statutory sick pay."No one should ever have to choose between their health and earning a living, which is why we are making this landmark change," said Liz Kendall, the…