Excluded Categories
Created
30.06.2022
Last Modified
16.04.2024
- If 28 weeks’ worth of SSP have already been taken and the new period of sickness links to the previous period.
- If your average weekly earnings are less than the Lower Earnings Limit for National Insurance contributions.
- If you have received Employment Support Allowance (ESA) within 12 weeks of becoming sick or returning to work.
- If no work has been completed under your contract.
- If you are in custody or on strike on the first day of sickness (including any linked periods).
- If you are off work for a pregnancy-related illness in the 4 weeks before the week that your baby is due.
- If you are receiving Statutory Maternity Pay or Maternity Allowance.
- If you are absent from work for compassionate reasons but are not personally incapable of work.
- If you are working outside the EU and you are not liable for their National Insurance contributions.
Sickness, Absence and Disability
- 01 Notification Procedure
- 02 Self-Certification
- 03 Medical Certificate (Fit Note)
- 04 Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)
- 05 Excluded Categories
- 06 Linking
- 07 Qualifying Days
- 08 Disputes as to Entitlement to SSP
- 09 Company Sick Pay
- 10 Short-Term Sickness Absence
- 11 Long-Term Sickness Absence
- 12 Equality Act 2010 – Disability
- 13 Time off for Medical and Dental Appointments
- 14 Time off for Antenatal Care
- 15 Infectious Diseases
- 16 Standard Hygiene Practices at Work