The Guardian view on sick pay: a system unfit for purpose | Editorial

Fixing the UK’s broken sick pay regime would reduce the spread of infectious diseases – and be a small step towards a fairer countrySajid Javid has begun a rather dramatic U-turn. Until recently, the health secretary insisted that care workers and frontline NHS staff had to get vaccinated against Covid or find another post, but the policy has now been dropped. Compulsory vaccination is still good health policy, he told fellow MPs, but ministers worry about a plunge in staff numbers.