Am I entitled to sick pay when self isolating??

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Ds has symptoms so waiting for test results which means at least 3 days off if not delayed. I can't take leave as work term time only. Am I entitled to sick pay? 😔

Are you claiming any form of benefit like childcare, tax credits etc? I believe you can apply for £500 from the government in that case. I will see if I can find a link.

www.gov.uk/government/news/new-legal-duty-to-self-isolate-comes-into-force-today

The Gov.uk website has loads of information on this, Google will give you the answer from the most accurate source straight away.

OK thank you. Not claiming any benefits as dh works but im on zero hour contract

Pity about that! The £500 would come in handy I’m sure! However apparently you are entitled to sick pay from day 1 of isolation according to ACAS.

www.acas.org.uk/coronavirus/self-isolation-and-sick-pay

@Cbatothinkofausername that's statutory sick pay, which is £95.85 - I don't know anyone who can survive on that

Full sick pay depends entirely on the employers policy

For many people, myself included, self isolation is an unaffordable luxury - I can't WFH, so my income would drop to zero if I self isolate. I wouldn't get SSP let alone full sick pay (I'm self employed, and have been thoroughly and repeatedly clobbered by COVID, and fell through all the cracks of government support), and wouldn't get the £500 as I'm not on benefits.

We're in a similar situation. 2 adult DC's, myself and DH are one household. DD is having an operation next week. She'll have the covid test a few days before, then we all have to self isolate until the operation. My DC's are on zero hours contracts and claim nothing in benefits. They still have outgoings and SSP won't cover that. If they don't self-isolate they will be fined.

Doesn't ssp only kick in after about 3 or 4 days anyway? (Does for my company at least). After that it would probably come down to employer discretion whether it's ssp or full pay depending on your contract and time served.

@3littlewords

Doesn't ssp only kick in after about 3 or 4 days anyway? (Does for my company at least). After that it would probably come down to employer discretion whether it's ssp or full pay depending on your contract and time served.

SSP for a positive covid test starts on day 1, no reason for you to know this if hasn't happened to you but it's why everyone should use the Gov.uk website for all covid related pay information to make sure they get the accurate up to date situation.

@3littlewords
SSP kicks in from the 4th day for illnesses that are not Covid-related but from day 1 for Covid-related illness/self-isolating pending test results.

www.gov.uk/statutory-sick-pay/what-youll-get

@PleasantVille @Itsabeautifuldayheyhey its that the same when Isolating for a family member to be either waiting for a result or testing positive? OP states its her son that's awaiting a result not herself

[quote Itsabeautifuldayheyhey]**@3littlewords
SSP kicks in from the 4th day for illnesses that are not Covid-related but from day 1 for Covid-related illness/self-isolating pending test results.

www.gov.uk/statutory-sick-pay/what-youll-get[/quote]
Apparently you need to be isolating for at least 4 days in order to be eligible though? Interested as I have just missed 1 day of work due to dd having symptoms. We self isolated from Sat-Mon and then negative test result came through, so I was back in work on Tues. Work are treating it as unpaid leave - and looking at this I think they're correct - but then I would have been better off taking another day off and pretending her test result was delayed, so that our self-isolation period matched the 4 day criteria for SSP. Does that sound right or have I misunderstood?

[quote 3littlewords]**@PleasantVille* @Itsabeautifuldayheyhey* its that the same when Isolating for a family member to be either waiting for a result or testing positive? OP states its her son that's awaiting a result not herself[/quote]
My reply wasn't specific to the OP as she didn't ask about SSP, I was re-iterating my earlier point that at the moment posters should go by the office government regulations and not rely on what other posters think is the case.

Obvioulsy the only person who can answer the OP's question is her employer.