On 14 January 2022 new regulations came into force which temporarily reintroduce the Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme. Which employers can apply to the scheme and when is it set to end?
Published 01.02.2022
Let’s suppose that a new employee has gone off sick in their first few days of employment. They’ve not yet received a salary payment, so are they entitled to Statutory Sick Pay?
Published 02.05.2013
On 17 March 2022 the Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) Rebate Scheme for COVID-related absences was closed. There’s a small window of opportunity to submit new claims or amend existing ones. When is the final
deadline?
Published 08.03.2022
Many smaller employers pay statutory sick pay (SSP) only during sickness absence. However, it seems that many employees don’t know what SSP is or how long it will last for. What are the rules?
Published 27.02.2018
One of our subscribers has an employee who’s arguing that working for part of the day before going home sick counts towards the qualifying period for calculating SSP. Is this right, and if not, how
do you calculate his entitlement?
Published 15.12.2005
An employee was badly injured while participating in a sporting activity and has been signed off work for several weeks. As it’s a self-inflicted injury, must you pay them during their sickness
absence and, if so, how much?
Published 02.10.2015
There are many surgical procedures that an employee may choose to undergo. In this situation, would they be entitled to receive statutory sick pay (SSP) for any period of absence following the
non-emergency procedure?
Published 21.09.2018
Emergency legislation has been brought into force which temporarily allows employees to self-certify for 28 days instead of the usual seven days for statutory sick pay purposes. When do the
temporary rules apply?
Published 13.01.2022
You only pay Statutory Sick Pay when staff are off sick. You suspect that an employee’s recent absence wasn’t genuine. If so, must you still pay him, and if not, what procedure should you follow?
Published 15.06.2006