When are employees entitled to Statutory Sick Pay SSP in the UK?
A. You only need to pay SSP to an employee if they meet the qualifying conditions set out below.
Qualifying conditions for Statutory Sick Pay
An employee must meet all the following conditions to get SSP:
They must be your employee - and they'll need to have done some work under their employment contract before going off sick.
The days they're off sick must make up part of a 'period of incapacity for work' (PIW) - explained below.
The days they're getting SSP for must be qualifying days - these are days they normally work.
Their earnings must be at least as much as the Lower Earnings Limit for National Insurance contributions (NICs). This is £97 a week for 2010-11.
They can't have already received the maximum amount of SSP for the PIW - or for a series of linked PIWs (28 weeks).
They must have notified you about their sickness - either within your own time limit or within seven days.
They must give evidence of their incapacity.
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