WOMEN are more than twice as likely as men to miss out on statutory sick pay, TUC analysis has shown.

The union federation found that 70 per cent of the 1.3 million people who do not earn the weekly minimum of £123 required to qualify for the payments are women.

According to its analysis of the latest official statistics, 6.5 per cent of women are paid too little to receive statutory sick pay, compared to 2.8 per cent of men.