Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)

You are entitled to receive SSP from us for a maximum 28-week period for any period of entitlement as long as the below requirements are met and provided that you do not fall into an excluded category.

The amount of SSP changes annually and details of the current rates can be viewed on the HMRC website. SSP is considered as earnings for PAYE, Income Tax and National Insurance contribution purposes.
SSP begins on the 4^th day of absence, therefore, you will not receive SSP for the first 3 days of sickness under the current rules i.e., if you are sick Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, you would only receive SSP for Thursday and Friday.  If Saturday or Sunday is a normal working day for you under your contract of employment and you were also sick on these days, then you would also receive SSP for them.

1. The period of sickness absence is of 4 or more consecutive days (unless linked to a previous period of sickness, as explained in the next section). 
2. Provision of evidence.
3. Meet the requirements of the absence reporting procedure.