Another small help sheet for members covering SSP. Hope you find it useful.
Statutory Sick Pay
All sick days count towards the total number of days in a PIW (period of incapacity for work). An employee must have a PIW of at least 4 days before SSP can begin to be considered.
Qualifying Days (QD’s) are usually the normal working days of the employee e.g. Monday to Friday.
SSP is not payable for the first three qualifying days which are called Waiting Days (WD’s).
Therefore if an employee notifies his employer that he or she is sick from Saturday to Thursday inclusive, returning to work on Friday:
PIW Saturday to Thursday 6 days (satisfies 4 days PIW)
QD’s Monday to Thursday 4 days
WD’s Monday to Wednesday 3 days
SSP Thursday 1 day
However, if the employee goes sick again within 8 weeks then the PIW and WD’s are linked and do not have to be satisfied for the second period of sickness. If over 8 weeks then the whole process has to be satisfied as a totally new and independent claim for SSP. You can only link two periods at one time. Thereafter the claim is treated as a new claim
Linking:
If using the above example as a linked period of sickness and the employee goes sick again within 8 weeks say from Sunday to Wednesday then the following would apply:
PIW satisfied from previous period of sickness
QD’s Monday to Wednesday 3 days
WD’s satisfied from previous period of sickness
SSP Monday to Wednesday 3 days
Check Hand Book E14 pages 35 to 38 which provide a table to see if PIW’s are linked.
Paul Evans MICB, CB.Dip, PM.Dip ADL - Tutor
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