Statutory Sick Pay – SSP

Statutory Sick Pay – SSP

What are the rules

1.1 To qualify for SSP you must you must be sick for 4 consecutive days. This is highlighted as an S on the rota for all 4 days.

1.2 An employee will earn at least £99.35 per week.

1.3 Employees can only receive sick pay for 28 weeks in a rolling year.

What does the employee receive?

2.1 To qualify for SSP you must you must be sick for 4 consecutive days. This is highlighted as an S on the rota for all 4 days.

2.2 An employee will earn at least £99.35 per week.

2.3 Employees can only receive sick pay for 28 weeks in a rolling year.

What does this look like on the rota page?

3.1   Sickness is represented on the rota page with an S.

3.2   The 4^th  consecutive sickness initiates statutory sick pay.

Linked Sickness

The key to understanding Statutory Sick Pay is that it works in cycles.

4.1 Notably, the SSP cycle resets every 8 weeks.

4.2 If you get better and come back to work but then fall ill again and you are in the same cycle (8 weeks period), you have already qualified for SSP. Thus, you will not need to wait 3 days again and receive full day SSP on the next day of falling ill again.

4.3 If you are, however, ill for longer than 8 weeks, the cycle will be reset, and you will once again require to qualify for SSP. This means for the following 3 days after the cycle end you will not be paid again, and the new cycle will start on the 4^th day.

4.4 These calculations are automatically adjusted on the rota.