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Paul Evans
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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
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David
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Thanks Paul

Very useful, informative and easy to understand.

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This is great Paul and I hope you don't mind if I print it off!  I get it, but the way you explain it may make more sense to some of the staff I have to pay than the - many - ways I have explained it to them!!

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Hi Paul

Thanks for this very helpful  Had a couple of queries if you wouldn't mind helping me clearing my confusion....

If an employee goes sick again within 8 weeks do they have to be off for 3 days again before they get paid SSP or do they get paid even if they are off just one day.

Also, does the reason of sickness have to be the same the second time around to get SSP or can it be totally unrelated.

Many thanks for your help 
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shazanssaid:

“Hi Paul

Thanks for this very helpful  Had a couple of queries if you wouldn't mind helping me clearing my confusion....

If an employee goes sick again within 8 weeks do they have to be off for 3 days again before they get paid SSP or do they get paid even if they are off just one day.

Also, does the reason of sickness have to be the same the second time around to get SSP or can it be totally unrelated.

Many thanks for your help ”
Hi Shazans

1.  If the employee goes sick again within 8 weeks and the PIW and WD's have been satisfied in the previous period  
     they will be entitled to SSP even if for just one day.  They are not required to satisfy WD's again for a linked
     period.

2.  Employee's must be aware of employer's directives concerning SSP.

     a)  Employee has informed the employer that they are sick within the required time limit.

     b)  Check that employee has given proper evidence of their incapacity if required by employer.  Employer must
          make sure employee knows what evidence is needed, including when they can self-certify and when they need
          a doctor's note.

     c)  Employee's can self-certify sickness periods up to seven days using form SC2 'Employee's Statement of
          Sickness'.  Available from HMR&C website.

     d)  Sickness for linked periods are not required to be for the same reason.

Hope this helps.

Regards
Paul

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Thank you so much Paul for your clear straightforward answers!
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