my new work contract

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I have just received my new contract and am a bit concerned by this section, does it mean i won't get paid anything for the first 3 days I am ill then something like £100 a week for the rest of any illness?

Yes. You get ssp after three days absence.

But it says there is a possibility of them giving you sick pay which is rather odd ime. You usually either have it in your contract you get it or not.

Sounds like you'd only be paid ssp as standard, but in some circumstances there would be company sick pay paid. Usually company sick pay is your normal salary for a certain number of days, but its discretionary, not mandatory.

My employer has a similar term, but sick pay is nearly always paid - the clause is there to weed out skivers and give management a way to discourage unnecessary absence.

Yes. Industry standard when you work in care like I do!

This is pretty standard for nannies. Are you working as a nanny or in a similar role?

no a senior engineer, earning over 40k.

It's stating you're entitled to SSP only, but OSP may be paid on a discretionary basis.

One point that is misleading is the waiting days. Waiting days do not apply if you've been in receipt of SSP in the preceding eight weeks, so you don't necessarily always have three waiting days for each absence. I expect it is just poorly written, payroll will know how to calculate SSP.

Unusual at that level.

poorbuthappy yes I have never seen anything like it before.
The unusualness is worrying me are they a really shitty company to work for? is this a portent for how they treat their staff? Etc.

Is it a small company? I'm a HR consultant for SMEs and this is completely standard in nearly all of the companies I support. Often they use discretion to pay more though. When I have worked for public sector or large corporates the sick pay is much more generous.

redmimi it is quite a large company 500+

Standard but odd for what would be deemed a decent job for a decent company. Most places would at least pay 1 month full one month half.

Small company I used to work for had this. Unusual for a big organisation I’d have thought.