What is Statutory Sick Pay?

All employees are entitled to be paid Statutory Sick Pay when absent from work. There are exceptions and these include:

• Pensioners.
• Short-term employees (on contracts of 3 months or less).
• Low paid who do not earn enough to pay National Insurance contributions.
• New employees.
• Pregnant employees.
• Overseas employees.
• Prisoners.
• Employees on strike.

If you have not used the Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) Calculator previously please read the information needed below then click on the links above or below:

To work out how much SSP you will have to pay you will need:

• the employees first full day of sick absence
• the date your employee first notified you they would be absent due to sickness
• their last day of sick absence with you, if applicable
• medical evidence for a period of sick absence continuing beyond seven days
• full details of any sick absence this employee had that ended within the 57 days before this sick absence started and the total number of weeks and days SSP you paid
• details of the employees gross earnings during a period of at least eight weeks immediately before they were first absent due to sickness - unless they have a previous period of sickness (see above), or they are a new employee
• the days of the week that you and your workforce agree are qualifying days for SSP or, if there are no agreed days, the days of the week that the employee is expected to work under their contract or, if the contract does not specify days, the days that they are normally expected to work
• SSP1(L) from a previous employer or a BF220, 220A, 220B, 220C (Linking letter from Department for Work and Pensions re continuing Incapacity Benefit entitlement) if you hold one