Claim for company temporarily closing due to illness

ALIBON

We have a client on PAYE for 2 directors and one employee.  One of the directors has been taken ill whilst on holiday and is in hospital and his wife (the other director) is staying with him.  As they are miles away from their business, they have had to close it for now until he recovers.  Obviously, the director who is ill can claim ssp but can they claim anything from the government for having to temporarily close the business and so that the partner and the employee can carry on being paid?

calcotti

SSP is not paid by the government. It is paid by the employer (themselves).

Alice_Holt

Has the business / director (s) not insurance in place to cover such unfortunate events ?

Grumpy_chap

Are there any retained funds in the business?

What savings do the couple have? 

They can claim for UC on the same basis as anyone else.

calcotti

Grumpy_chap said: They can claim for UC on the same basis as anyone else.

I'm not clear if they are in hospital abroad or in Great Britain.

ALIBON

The hospital is in the UK

Icequeen1

The company will have to pay the employee SSP if they qualify for it. 

When you say close the company - is this a limited company? You can't just close a company for a short period like this, its a really complicated process.