'A bold move' | IKEA slashes self-isolation sick pay for unvaccinated UK staff

IKEA has cut sick pay for unvaccinated UK staff who are forced to self-isolate following close contact with someone with Covid-19, new reports have revealed.

As reported by the Mail on Sunday, unvaccinated workers at the furniture retailer are now only eligible for statutory sick pay of £96.35 a week during their ten days of isolation. Comparatively, staff on the shop floor can usually expect an average weekly wage packet of more than £400 before tax.

Bosses at the firm, which employs 10,000 staff in the UK, have said they will consider “mitigating circumstances” surrounding the policy, which was introduced back in September, according to the publication.

Currently, people in England who have been double-jabbed are not required to self-isolate if they have been in close contact with someone infected with Covid-19. But those have had either one or no vaccines are still legally required to self-isolate if contacted through the Government’s test-and-trace system.