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Statutory sick pay (SSP) is a United Kingdom social security benefit. It is paid by an employer to all employees who are off work because of sickness for longer than 3 consecutive workdays (or 3 non-consecutive workdays falling within an 8-week period) but less than 28 weeks and who normally pay National Insurance contributions (NICs), often referred to as earning above the Lower Earnings ...
PILON can either be set out in the contract as an option for the employer, or it may simply be paid to cover any potential damages for breach of contract. If there is a pay in lieu of notice clause in the employee's contract, the amount the employee will get will normally be set out there. If not, it is up to the employee to agree to an amount.
The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4) is the primary legislation concerning the state retirement provision, accident insurance, statutory sick pay and maternity pay in the United Kingdom.
If people are injured at work, they may be treated regardless of their means to pay. There is also the right, under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, to statutory sick pay. [172] People at work can also sue for compensatory damages whenever they are injured and employers have breached a statutory duty.
In most of those States, some law, collective agreement, or employer choice may provide sick pay, [21] in the form of a time-limited continuous payment of salary by the employer. Directive 92/85 gives women the right to a minimum of 14 weeks of maternity leave including two compulsory weeks, paid at least at the national sick pay level.
Stringer v HMRC; Court: European Court of Justice: Citations [2009] UKHL 31, [2009] IRLR 214 (also, C-520/06 and C-350/06) Case history; Prior action [2005] EWCA Civ 441: Keywords; Working Time Directive
The Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Funding of Employers’ Liabilities) Regulations 2020 2020 No.512 15 May 2020 Provide for certain small and medium-sized employers to apply to HMRC for a refund of the cost of paying Statutory Sick Pay to their employees where they are unable to work because of COVID-19. [93]
No money is paid for the first week. After that, the basic allowance is paid to the claimant until their Work Capability Assessment (WCA) at - in theory - week 13, after which a successful claimant might receive an enhanced level of payment (depending on the level of disability and whether they enter the work-related activity group or the support group after their assessment).