What does this sentence mean?

[LadyInTheHouse]

‘Sick pay will be 70% of salary, less the value of ESA’

So if your salary is normally £1000 and ESA is £400, does it mean the company will pay you £300 so that you will get £700 overall i.e it will work out to be 70% of your usual monthly salary?

I have rounded the figures to make it easier. I’m finding the wording confusing, as if it includes the ESA amount why doesn’t it say something like:

‘70% of your salary which will include any ESA payments’

Thanks

[dementedpixie]

Do you not work out 70% of salary and then minus ESA?

[dementedpixie]

Which gives the same figure I suppose

[SirJamesTalbotAndHisSpeculum]

It means that they calculate 70% of your salary, whatever that is, then deduct the amount of ESA, whatever that is.

So.………. on a salary of £1000, you would get £700.

Then the ESA is deducted from the £700. If the ESA is £300 you will therefore receive £400. (You will also receive the ESA of course.)