Sick Leave

zebedee818

An older relative works for an organisation that pays full pay for 6 months sick leave and then 6 months half pay. She's been with them for 36 years. She has thyroid and joint problems. How is the 6 months calculated? Do they count smaller absences prior to the long absence? She went off long term sick on 1st October so she thought the 6 months full pay would be till 31 March but it stopped on 28th March. She can't work out why this is so asked me to have a look. All I can work out us that in the 12 months prior to 1st October, she was off sick for 4 days from the 6th to 9th July 2021 and so they've counted that as being towards the 6 months. Is that how they work out the end date for 6 months full pay? We know it's only 4 days we're talking about but hope someone can shed some light anyway.

diystarter7

Every org is different, seek advice from HR in the strictist confidence.
Or seek , look at her contract that should have the details but could be out of date so rather than ask, seek a copy of her full contract.

Savvy_Sue

It looks likely that they calculate entitlement based on a rolling year. So yes, those 4 days in July 21 would count towards the 6 months.

But she'll only know for certain if she asks ...

TELLIT01

Entitlement is generally based on a rolling 12 months.  For example if somebody was off for a month in June, then went sick again in November, they would only be entitled to 5 months at full pay and would then drop to half pay.  Sickness doesn't have to be a single instance.

Bradden

Could they not ask their employer? Anything we suggest here is likely to be a guess.

diystarter7

diystarter7 said:

Every org is different, seek advice from HR in the strictist confidence.
Or seek , look at her contract that should have the details but could be out of date so rather than ask, seek a copy of her full contract.

OP
Just to confirm, I've looked at my contract where I work PT, it has all the details.
Locate contract but best bet seek a new one if not wanting to seek advice from HR re sick pay.

Good luck.

zebedee818

Thank you everyone for the replies. It's the NHS she works for. She doesn't like rocking the boat over a handful of days but I'm different. 

dizzyblonde82

The NHS sick pay runs on a rolling 12 months basis so the earlier sickness absence would be included in the 6 months full pay sickness entitlement.