SICK PAY..is my wife entitled to any.

geoffky

hi all my wife has worked for her company for 20 years and its only ever been part time from 9 hrs to 15 hrs a week..She is due to go in hospital shortly and have a big back operation...is she entitled to sick pay.........thanks

Jarndyce

geoffky wrote: »

hi all my wife has worked for her company for 20 years and its only ever been part time from 9 hrs to 15 hrs a week..She is due to go in hospital shortly and have a big back operation...is she entitled to sick pay.........thanks

She will get Statutory Sick Pay after the first three days, assuming she earns over £102 pw, but anything else is down to what her contract/staff handbook etc might provide.

geoffky

Jarndyce wrote: »

She will get Statutory Sick Pay after the first three days, assuming she earns over £102 pw, but anything else is down to what her contract/staff handbook etc might provide.

Thanks for that..never earned £102 a week and does not have a contract and never has.. does that change anything?

LadyMissA

geoffky wrote: »

Thanks for that..never earned £102 a week and does not have a contract and never has.. does that change anything?

You only get SSP if you earn over that amount.

Jarndyce

She has a contract, it just may not be written down. It is highly likely that an employer who does not issue written contracts does not pay contractual sick pay either, but you could ask.

Otherwise, I'm afraid she will get no sick pay. I'm not sure about other benefits - not my area.

MrsManda

If she doesn't qualify for SSP and her employer doesn't run an occupational sick pay scheme which she is entitled to, she'll get a SSP1 form from her employer stating she's not entitled to sick pay.
She'll then be able to put in a claim for Employment Support Allowance.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/Illorinjured/DG_171891

However she hasn't paid National Insurance contributions for the last 2 years she won't qualify for contributions based and therefore she'll be income assessed.

paddedjohn

Jarndyce wrote: »

She will get Statutory Sick Pay after the first three days, assuming she earns over £102 pw, but anything else is down to what her contract/staff handbook etc might provide.

Just to clarify, you have to earn an average of £102 per week over the previous 8 weeks.

geoffky

Thanks to all,she is going to ask her boss as they are quite good and she gets holiday pay every year,,no other benefits due to savings

paddedjohn

She still accrues holiday entitlement whilst on the sick, has she days left that her employer may let her take while she recovers.