Statutory Sick Pay
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) will be paid when you are absent from work due
to sickness, provided that you have complied with the requirements and
conditions attached to its payment.
When SSP is payable
SSP cannot be paid for the first 3 days of sickness. Therefore, payment usually starts on the 4th day of absence, and continues for as long as you are absent, up to a maximum of 28 weeks in any one period of sickness.
SSP is paid in exactly the same way as normal earnings.
When SSP is not payable
SSP is not payable in certain circumstances, the principal ones being:
The rules on SSP are very complex and you should not hesitate to raise any query you may have with the Company.
When SSP is payable
SSP cannot be paid for the first 3 days of sickness. Therefore, payment usually starts on the 4th day of absence, and continues for as long as you are absent, up to a maximum of 28 weeks in any one period of sickness.
SSP is paid in exactly the same way as normal earnings.
When SSP is not payable
SSP is not payable in certain circumstances, the principal ones being:
- If your average weekly earnings are less than the figure set by the Government for the payment of National Insurance Contributions
- For absence of less than 4 days
- If you have failed to follow the sickness Notification Procedure
- If your employment has terminated
- Where Statutory Maternity Pay is being paid to you
- For days on which you do not normally work (e.g. if you work Monday to Friday and not at weekends, SSP will normally apply to those 5 days only)
The rules on SSP are very complex and you should not hesitate to raise any query you may have with the Company.
