How much sick pay do you get?

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How much sick pay do you get?

Trying to work out how much to offer a new employee.

Thanks in advance.

No idea in one of my jobs. The other pays nothing - so people either come in anyway or have a day unpaid - this employer has a really high sickness rate and huge staff turnover

Wow some of these are generous! We get 1 month and they’re even difficult about that. A friend of mine suffered a breakdown after working all hours for months which her manager completely failed to notice. After her month was up they told her to return to work or they’d stop paying her and she asked for just another week to feel fully ready and they refused meaning she then struggled when she came back. This from a company that bangs on about kindness and mental health all day

2 weeks full pay. And it’s a rolling year, so you don’t ‘reset’ your sick pay allowance at the end of the year.

They can be flexible for serious long term illnesses. A colleague got half pay for months when he was having chemotherapy.

Six months and then insurance kicks in.

We get full pay for a year.

In my contracts it's always been stat only, however it is been discretionary and I've been paid full for sick time. I've not been off sick longer than a week though, long term I expect to be paid stat.

Medium sized private sector employer. After a years employment you get 5 days a year on full pay. After that it's statutory.

If my boss believes me then he will let me use my holiday, if not then ssp.

I get one month full pay then down to SSP

3 weeks full pay then SSP.
That's pretty good for private sector

I get nout for the first week then SSP.. I used to get full pay indefinitely reviewed on a 6 month basis..

Weekly paid get so only. Salaried is ‘at managements discretion’.

Staggered at some of these. My last job for a high street bank was three days sick pay.

6 months full. 6 months half.

SSP, that should say

5 months full and five months half based on service, capped as at max (government). Perhaps start with one month full, one month half in the first year. Six months + is a huge amount for a small business to afford, especially for an employee with no length of service, but SSP isn't great either..

5 paid days on a rolling year then SSP. I pay £9 a month insurance that pays out if I'm off more than a month to cover my mortgage.

3 month full pay, 3 months half pay.

Some very varied responses! Thank you.

I'm just aware with the current climate that people may have to self isolate, so I was trying to be flexible and kind.

I might give 2 weeks full pay, which would cover someone self isolating but that's it.

You sound lovely op!

I work for a big multinational distribution firm and we get ssp and no more.

Self employed so none. Dh is private sector, he gets ssp.

I am now public sector but previously always worked in the private sector. The “worst” sick pay terms I ever had was three months fiull pay, three months half pay then SSP. I honestly thought SSP only was unusual!

NONE here - ! just good old SSP

Three paid episodes a year though if you go home half way through the day and back in the next day its normally pushed under the carpet and forgotten about they are pretty fair with it to be honest have luckily never had to ask about long term sickness but I know somebody was off and paid for 9 weeks.

2 weeks full pay only. SSP if any more than 2 weeks in a year. NHS!