Statutory Sick Pay
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) is a Social Security benefit in the United Kingdom. It was started in 1983. [1] It is paid by employers to their employees when they are off work because of sickness for more than 3 days at a time. It is £99.35 per week in 2023. It can be paid for up to 28 weeks. After that a sick person may get Employment and Support Allowance.
It is not paid to:
- Employees who are paid less than the National Insurance lower earnings limit - £123 for the 2022/23 tax year.
- New employees who have not done any work under contract of employment.
- Employees who get Maternity Allowance or Statutory Maternity Pay
- Employees who had Social Security Benefits within the last 57 days.
- Prisoners.
- Employees on strike.[2]
People may get Universal Credit at the same time.
References
change- ↑ Millward, Gareth (2022). Sick Note. Oxford: OUP. p. 126. ISBN 9780192865748.
- ↑ "Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2023-01-26.