Employer refusing to send SSP1

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Jillanddy said:

Undervalued said:

animalmad73 said:

This is for the ESA part of the claim which they insist on the SSp1. 

Just got hold of HMRC, all sorted. Form is on its way.  App my employer should have actioned this!!. 

My sick pay is 12 mths, always has been since I started in 1989. Old contract, I know new starters get the 28 weeks. 

That would be company sick pay which is a contractual matter. SSP (the cost of which these days is met by the company not the government despite the name) is limited to 28 weeks.

^^^^ This

The first 28 weeks of your Company sick pay generally includes the SSP element - mine is the same. So technically your SSP ran out a long time ago. 

In theory that is true, and application of the rules may have been tightened or the rules changes since I retired from DWP.  When I was processing ESA claims it was common for employers not to start the SSP 'clock' running until employees went onto reduced pay, often after 6 months.  That would tie in with what has happened with the OP.  Whether or not that is the way SSP payments should be applied is irrelevant, I'm simply stating the way they were applied.