What's your paid sick leave policy?

[2020nymph]

One of my colleagues has long covid and has been signed off work. After the first three months their pay dropped to 50%. I was shocked by this, three months is nothing and 50% is a massive amount to suddenly lose. In comparison, Furlough was 80%.

DH's work is six months and I was wondering how that compares to other businesses?

In comparison, Furlough was 80%.

But furlough wasn't paid by the individual companies, it was funded by the government?

I work for the NHS, I think our sick policy is one months full sick pay for every year you have worked in the NHS, up to a maximum of 6 months. And then the same period of time at half pay.

One of my colleagues had cancer a few years ago, and was entitled to two months full pay and two months half pay because she had only been in the job for two years.

My friends in the private sector don't get any sick pay.

6 months full pay, 6 months half pay.

6 weeks full pay as standard then an extra week of full pay for every year you've worked there (up to 10 years) then it's SSP. We don't get paid for the first 3 days off sick either, so if you're off with a freak vomiting bug or whatever, it's unpaid.

Ours is a month for every year of employment up to 6 months max. I'm coming up to a year in and already took my 4 weeks. Bad year!

I think people have to bear in mind that so many people have caught Covid AT WORK. - and then become horribly unwell long term

Just like workplace accidents 🤷‍♀️

6 months full,
6 months half.
public

SSP... so first 3 days of any illness is unpaid. Then £99.35 per week for up to 28 weeks.

Private sector.
Ten months full pay. Newer contracts aren't as generous (I've been there 13 years)

4 weeks at the moment as I just joined. You can get income protection for things like this

5 days per annum then SSP equivalent

Yep same here, I have a very definite touch if the green eyed monster with them pps generous employers

Just got declined for income protection too. SSP equivalent here is €200 a week so won't starve

6months full then 6months half-this is due to length of service but it’s still generous for newer staff starting at 8weeks full and 8 weeks after once probation is completed

1 month full pay
1 month half pay
Then ssp

NHS

Global automotive - 2 years full pay. Virtually no questions asked if a doctors sick cert is provided. Unbelievably generous and fabulous for the genuinely ill, but an absolute golden ticket for the pisstakers.

SSP - private sector with management discretion in certain circumstances.

SSP only here

6 months full, 6 months half but there’s discretion to extend the full up to a year.

Critical illness cover is important! If I get really ill the mortgage is paid off by it. I don’t want to rely on sick pay.

6 months full and 6 months half.

Disability sickness doesn't count towards my sick record.

You are delusional, you do realise that there is no longer ssp for the company. There used to be. As an employer you could claim it back. Up until they closed it.

Then they opened it back up, for covid. And then closed it again.

Ssp comes out of the employers pocket, unless you think, otherwise you must understand that is crippling employers, and all these people who think they're entitled to it - think again because employees simply can't afford it.

SSP. Company have an insurance policy though so if it was something like cancer, you get a years salary lump sum.

I think it was 1994.

Dh got 12 weeks full pay then ssp. He had spent 11 of those weeks in hospital.

Employees need to wake up and smell the fucking coffee. SSP should no longer be available to employees. The employer is not able to claim back, as of years ago. (Apart from a temporary allowance due to covid).

The government / the HMRC made this decision, re employers why aren't you blaming the government instead?

Two jobs.

1. Five days pa full pay, then SSP
2. Odd, but one sick paid every 18 months. Off more than three times in two years, then a talk with manager (that's not a back to work assessment).