If you're in a professional role, what are your sick pay allowances?

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I'm considering moving from a big organisation with great terms and conditions to a smaller one with less favourable ones.

If your salary is the equivalent of 30-40k for fulltime work, what sick pay and other allowances do you get?

6 months full pay followed by six months half pay. 6-7 weeks AL. I forget which.

Large charity, we get 26 weeks full pay followed by 26 weeks half pay

Accountant in medium sized practice.
Sick pay is 5 days pa, I've had a longer period paid at half pay (discretionery, when my DH was dying) but know that others have been on SSP after the 5 days.

6 months full pay 6 months half pay. 42 days leave a year.

Business owner and employer.

In terms of the business and driving it forward, helping clients and expanding employment - £ 0.00

In terms of salary and drawings then it is also £0.00.

My company is in that arena where no sick pay is relevant.

6 months full pay, 6 months half pay for sick leave , 5 days compassionate leave, 37 days annual leave with the ability to buy or sell leave, 6 months full pay followed by 3 months half pay maternity, employee assistance programme (counselling, legal advice etc) physio for both work and non work injuries, reward gateway discount and employee benefits account (discounts and savings across many high street retailers) , cycle to work scheme.

All of the above is available to all employees regardless of salary range, approx 2500 employees.

Always had 6 mths full pay in various companies, but restricted to serious illness.

Otherwise something like 10 days or 2-3 short spells of illness before a trip to OH

Bonus, freebies, pension - usual stuff. Companies definitely cut benefits vs few years ago & sub things cheap to them ‘summer hours’ vs things of value (pension)

If Big organisation, why are you moving? Is it to get a step back up ladder & then move back? I’ve always worked for massive household names and value all the benefits as add a lot to basic salary

Thanks for all the replies. I have 6 months full pay for sickness in my current role but much less being offered in the new one.
My job role has changed since covid and I think the new one would make me a lot happier. I am quite concerned about the terms and condition though

I’d be more concerned about moving companies at this time as no redundancy payment being there less than 2 years: obviously risk depends on your sector, & if your household is primarily supported by your income

Re sick pay: I think there is a big difference in practice on companies attitudes to sickness which you can’t tell from policy. Some places happy for you to take, some places it sets you down the firing track if have a cold more than once a year ... maybe try to chat with some current employees to get a feel for the culture?

Where the hell do you all work that provides 6 months full pay for sick leave AND another 6 months on half pay? Public sector or just massive private sector employer?

Wow. Serious illness would be a lot less of a disaster if I had an employer like that. I got 2 weeks followed by debt and trying to sell stuff.

Do these employers that pay for 6 months manage people out for taking any sickness absence though? 3 occasions and a disciplinary?

I didn't realise how much better other employers treated staff with serious illnesses. No wonder people were surprised I was struggling so much.

None.

If the new role will make you a lot happier, take it and look into getting sickness cover elsewhere.

Lots of friendly societies and some other insurers offer a policy that will pay out for up one year (or longer if you pay more) if you are too sick to work. Usually offer different deferred periods so if eg you get one month's sick pay from job, you can get one that starts after one month of sickness. Usually available for up to something like 60% of salary so wouldn't be full pay but if it would be enough to keep you afloat then worth doing - though there's nothing like seeing the actual cost in black and white for you to think about how much you value that cover! Search for PHI or Income Protection (though be careful because some Income Protection policies also cover eg redundancy so cost a lot more).

Big PLC’s can have fab benefits/allowances. I worked for 10 yrs at a major insurer and we were very well looked after eg good pay, 29 day’s hols plus BH, free shares, fab maternity package, lots of support if you’re sick. It’s was very hard to leave.

I’m now at a small professional firm and it’s pretty much the statutory minimum other than holidays. I love the work much more though.

6 months full pay, 6 months half pay, 30 days plus bh.

After seeing friends go under due to terminal illness + 2 employers with far less generous allowances, I would hesitate to give them up.

Make sure you have excellent insurances in place if you do.

6 months full, 6 months half. Public owned company.

Pretty much unlimited where I work, but at the managers discretion. A colleague was off on long term sickness and was on full pay for a year while she had her treatment. I think they have really good insurance though, our death in service cover is excellent as is our healthcare plan.

Previous employer used the Bradford factor and offered nothing for long-term sickness other than statutory pay.

I think I get SSP will try not to get ill!!

NHS worker here. So cos I been in NHS over 4 years. 6 months full pay and 6 months half i think.

2 years full sick pay (unfortunately we're just starting to use it)

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Where the hell do you all work that provides 6 months full pay for sick leave AND another 6 months on half pay? Public sector or just massive private sector employer?

Wow. Serious illness would be a lot less of a disaster if I had an employer like that. I got 2 weeks followed by debt and trying to sell stuff.

Do these employers that pay for 6 months manage people out for taking any sickness absence though? 3 occasions and a disciplinary?

“Do these employers that pay for 6 months manage people out for taking any sickness absence though? 3 occasions and a disciplinary?”

YES: if it’s flu/back pain/ migraine
NO: cancer/heart disease/strokes etc

Also in practice HR attitude informed by your performance record, & relationship with management...

@user128472578267: sorry to hear your story, that sounds horrendous

I work for an IT company with approximately 100 employees. I get 5 days fully paid sick leave a year. For context I earn between 40 and 50k.

Civil service - 5 months full pay, 5 months half pay. As others have said above you can be managed out if you take too much sick leave but not if for something serious such as cancer.

Ive just started a new role having been made redundant. In my new job i get no sick pay in the first year and 3 days in the second year. Annual leave I get 22 days, 3 of which have to be taken over xmas so i technically 19 days leave each year. That'll go up by 1 day once ive been there for 5 years...

The Ts and Cs certainly make me think this firm view their staff as liabilities as opposed to assets , but right now im just grateful to have a job