Sick Pay

[Helen F H]

Does anyone know how much SSP you are entitled to per year if you are employed full time?

I have just been told i get 5 days, while other people get 8 weeks!

[Fathoms Down]

I think the standard is five days but many employers give more to keep their staff happy. I was signed off for six weeks by my doctor a couple of years ago but my company kept me on full pay for the whole time I was off.

[Finless]

Ring your local tax office and ask them your question (mention you are an employee first as you will prob need to be redirected).

There may be a couple of options open to your employer on how to handle sick pay. If you work for a big company it should be OK to ask someone in personnel if you suspect you are being stitched up because you were unwell!!

Bryan

[Garf]

It is entirely dependant on the company.

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/lifeevent/bene...y_sick_pay.asp

[Fiji Dave]

Is there a difference between Statutory Sick Pay and Sick days?

I thought you got full pay for as many Sick Days as your company will allow (I don't know if there is a min/max figure for the number of Sick Days a company can give you - or if they can be carried over from one yr to the next), and after that you go onto Statutory Sick Pay for up to 6 months. Not sure what happens after that.

[Andy the Coastie]

Originally Posted by Porg

Does anyone know how much SSP you are entitled to per year if you are employed full time?

I have just been told i get 5 days, while other people get 8 weeks!

You haven't been at your present company long enough yet to get the full benefits ,,,,

[Helen F H]

I have been stung before with this before - when i worked as a waitress and broke my arm i had to live off nothing for 2 months as i hadnt been earning enough in the 2 months before i broke my arm - it had to avarage out at 66 quid which i was about £4 short of. The nice people at the Alnwick Garden sacked me since i couldnt work due to the plaster cast.

[Fiona]

Helen

Isn't SSP something you claim from the government when you don't have a company sick pay scheme.

I currently get 10 days, but this is discreationary, in otherwords if the company thinks you are abusing the system then they don't have to pay it. It also is not as some people think an additional 10 days holiday.

In my previous company we accrued sick pay, (days of unions) because when I had my knee operations I was entitled to more than 20 weeks, I only used 8 weeks though.

[PeteM]

Originally Posted by Porg

Does anyone know how much SSP you are entitled to per year if you are employed full time?

I have just been told i get 5 days, while other people get 8 weeks!

Statutory Sick Pay you get 28 weeks subject to certain rules - sick pay they can pay you what they like and it is normally detailed in the contract of employment, 8 weeks is not an unusually limit, 5 days is extremely tight

Full detail of the SSP rules are here,
http://www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/empl...loyee_sick.htm

they are a bit heavy going but the rule on when they should stop paying is here and is very clear
http://www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/empl...ee_sick.htm#7c

Mr Mares had a severe whiplash from a car crash, and was off of work initially for 14 weeks on full pay, they also sent him to a private Harley street Doctor and paid for Physio-therapy privately. Over the next 6 months he was off of work for about 7 weeks all on full pay. In contrast, I have been off sick with a buggered Kidney, and fought to get 1 weeks pay.
It all depends on the company you work for.