Sick pay for a day?

AP007

timbo58 wrote: »

It's a sad fact but it is often better to turn up for work 'unfit' and be sent home by a manager (and thus paid) than not turn up and go off sick.

The OP would want to check that would be the case too as its not in a lot of places. In fact in some you would be lucky to get sent home let alone paid.

chrisbur

zzzLazyDaisy wrote: »

If you are only on SSP the odd day off will normally cost you a days pay because of the three days 'waiting' rule in any period of sick leave. Odd days here and there will always fall into the unpaid 'waiting' period unless they count as linked periods of sickness, and frankly, if you are taking time of as regularly as that, you are in trouble anyway!
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Of no relevance to the OP but to clarify the workings of SSP.

For any period of sickness to be considered for SSP a PIW (period of incapacity for work) must be formed. To form a PIW you must be sick and have done no work for a period of four consecutive days. Any days can count for a PIW so if you work Monday to Thursday and you are sick and do no work on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday; a PIW has been formed.

Days in a PIW are divided into qualifying days (SSP may be paid for these) and non-qualifying days (SSP is never paid for these) Qualifying days are usually days that you normally work and non-qualifying days are normally days you do not work though this may not always be the case.

PIWs will link and count as the same PIW if they have 56 days or less between them. Only PIWs can link if a sickness does not form a PIW it will not link and is ignored for SSP purposes.

The first three qualifying days of a PIW or linked PIWs are waiting days for which no payment is made. Waiting days must be qualifying days and be part of a PIW one odd day of sickness would not be part of a PIW so would not be a waiting day, as far as SSP is concerned it is ignored.

Nicki

Mr_K wrote: »

If you're off sick in future get signed off for at least a week, that's what this crazy system is encouraging you to do.

How exactly will that help?

OP earns £70 per day and statutory sick pay is £86.70 per week. You don't have to be a mathematical genius to work out that if the OP can go back within the 3 day qualifying period for SSP that he will be significantly better off than if he took a week or more off!

hgm127

Aren't forums a funny thing - I'm actually female

Thank you all for your comments. It does make sense to me and I wasn't expecting really that sick days should be paid, but as with everything I guess the more money you get paid the less these kinds of things throw spanners in the work.

I think I need to look for a new job anyway at least with a company that offers more 'protection' (I'm not talking sick pay - the company I'm working for literally offers NO benefits). I graduated from a Top 10 university so being on £18k sucks when my peers are all on £24k+, I took this job as it's really close to home and convenient but there's an underlying feeling of being a bit used and abused (and this again isn't to do with the sick pay...just my general observations). Agh, life.

scooby088

hgm127 wrote: »

Aren't forums a funny thing - I'm actually female

Thank you all for your comments. It does make sense to me and I wasn't expecting really that sick days should be paid, but as with everything I guess the more money you get paid the less these kinds of things throw spanners in the work.

I think I need to look for a new job anyway at least with a company that offers more 'protection' (I'm not talking sick pay - the company I'm working for literally offers NO benefits). I graduated from a Top 10 university so being on £18k sucks when my peers are all on £24k+, I took this job as it's really close to home and convenient but there's an underlying feeling of being a bit used and abused (and this again isn't to do with the sick pay...just my general observations). Agh, life.

Get used to it there are many companies that don't pay sick leave and also there are many that offer no benefits either, you are getting paid what more do you want?

hgm127

scooby088 wrote: »

Get used to it there are many companies that don't pay sick leave and also there are many that offer no benefits either, you are getting paid what more do you want?

An attractive benefits package alongside 'getting paid,' preferably. That doesn't have to include sick pay. Or perhaps a salary whereby one sick day doesn't stuff up a whole month's budget.

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Pay no attention to other people's salaries or exhustive list of benefits - it can all be lost in seconds you do know that?

If you can 'live' that is what counts

Please be careful what you wish for, I know where I'd sooner be today, thanks to colleagues going sick for the odd day here and there, amoungst other things in such crucial times business was lost and we all PAID, all you can hope is your present employer is financially sound, for companies lose money too, sorry to say

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theoretica

If you want to post your budget or a SOA (statement of affairs) up on the debt free wannabee board I am sure people here could help you find savings that could go into an emergency pot/cover the unexpected so you don't live so 'hand to mouth'.

fionajbanana

annie_d wrote: »

Yes, you ordinarily do. Check your contract. Book blood tests when yu are not working.

Or if you work M-F 9-5. book the appt so you are no more than an hour late for work or leave an hour early.