One of your employees telephoned in sick a week ago and remains unwell. However, they’ve not yet provided you with a fit note from their GP which states that they are “not fit for work”. Can you
withhold payment of statutory sick pay (SSP) in this situation?
Published 05.04.2023
Anyone who’s been advised to isolate because of the coronavirus pandemic can obtain an “isolation note” through a new online service. At what point should an employee provide this document?
Published 08.04.2020
A subscriber recently granted an employee’s last-minute holiday request so they could go skiing. But the only winter break they got was one in their leg! The question is: are they entitled to sick
pay as the injury was their own fault?
Published 24.03.2010
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
The government is thinking of allowing employees with swine ‘flu to take 14 days off without producing a sick note. But is this as bad as it sounds?
Published 26.08.2009
Following the coronavirus outbreak, the government is introducing emergency legislation to make statutory sick pay (SSP) payable from the first day of absence. What do you need to know, and are those
who self-isolate entitled to SSP?
Published 26.03.2020
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
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