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Are there any circumstances in which an employee would not qualify for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)?
SSP is paid to employees who are absent from work due to sickness or accident for at least one full working day. This forms what’s known as a Period of Incapacity for Work (PIW).
SSP payments begin from the first qualifying day of sickness and are currently set at £123.25 per week or 80% of average weekly earnings (whichever is lower) for up to 28 weeks.
Employees won’t qualify for SSP if they:
If an employee has regular periods of sickness, they may count as “linked”. For this to happen, each PIW must last at least one full working day and be 8 weeks or less apart. Linked periods are treated as a single PIW, and an employee is no longer eligible for SSP if a continuous series of linked periods lasts more than 3 years.
Employees on sick leave continue to accrue statutory holiday entitlement, so if an employee leaves your business, they’re entitled to payment for any unused accrued holiday. Sick employees who are unable to take their holiday can carry over up to four weeks’ entitlement to the next year, which must be used within 18 months.
If an employee is phasing their return to work and hasn’t used up their SSP entitlement, they can receive:
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