Calculate your employee’s statutory sick pay: Information based on your answers

Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)

Your employee is entitled to SSP for 58 days out of 61 working days taken off sick between 21 March 2018 and 13 June 2018

Week ending	SSP amount
24 March 2018	£0
31 March 2018	£89.35
7 April 2018	£89.89
14 April 2018	£92.05
21 April 2018	£92.05
28 April 2018	£92.05
5 May 2018	£92.05
12 May 2018	£92.05
19 May 2018	£92.05
26 May 2018	£92.05
2 June 2018	£92.05
9 June 2018	£92.05
16 June 2018	£55.23
	Total SSP: £1,062.92

What you need to know

SSP can be paid for up to 28 weeks of an employee’s normal workdays. For this employee that equals a total of 140 days. After that you must give them form SSP1 within 7 days of SSP ending. They may be able to get Employment Support Allowance (ESA).

There are also records you must keep and rules on proof of illness you can ask for.

Your answers

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• Is your employee getting any of the following?:
  • None
• Is your employee getting any of the following?: Change
• Did your employee tell you they were sick and unable to come into work within 7 days of their first day of absence (or within your time limit)?: Yes
• Did your employee tell you they were sick and unable to come into work within 7 days of their first day of absence (or within your time limit)?: Change
• Does your employee routinely work different days of the week?: No
• Does your employee routinely work different days of the week?: Change
• During their most recent period of sickness, when did your employee first become sick?: 21 March 2018
• During their most recent period of sickness, when did your employee first become sick?: Change
• Enter the last day of sickness: 13 June 2018
• Enter the last day of sickness: Change
• Was your employee off sick within the previous 8 weeks for 4 or more days (including non-working days, weekends and holidays)?: No
• Was your employee off sick within the previous 8 weeks for 4 or more days (including non-working days, weekends and holidays)?: Change
• On 21 March 2018 had you paid your employee at least 8 weeks of earnings?: Yes, paid at least 8 weeks earnings
• On 21 March 2018 had you paid your employee at least 8 weeks of earnings?: Change
• How often do you pay the employee?: Weekly
• How often do you pay the employee?: Change
• What was the last normal payday before 21 March 2018?: 14 March 2018
• What was the last normal payday before 21 March 2018?: Change
• What was the last normal payday on or before 17 January 2018?: 11 January 2018
• What was the last normal payday on or before 17 January 2018?: Change
• Enter the total amount (before deductions like Income Tax and National Insurance) of your employee’s earnings on paydays between 12 January 2018 and 14 March 2018.: £2,440
• Enter the total amount (before deductions like Income Tax and National Insurance) of your employee’s earnings on paydays between 12 January 2018 and 14 March 2018.: Change
• Which days of the week do they usually work?:
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday
• Which days of the week do they usually work?: Change