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answers for the working week.

Plain-English guides to rotas, attendance, holiday, sick pay and the rules behind them, written for small businesses that work in shifts.

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Pay and compliance

Statutory Sick Pay for Small Businesses: The 2026 Rules

What the April 2026 reforms mean for small employers: day-one SSP, the £123.25 rate, the new 80% of earnings rule, worked examples, and what a week of absence actually costs you.

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Weekola keeps the rota, clock-ins, timesheets, shift swaps and leave for small shift-based businesses together, and Weekola Brain prepares the changes you ask for.

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