How do you get sick pay (SSP from the IR??)

[Katymac]

As an employer a member of staff has gone sick - she has put her back out

I can't see her working with babies for at the very least days possibly weeks

I don't do sick pay - but surely she can get SSP - but where from?
How do I get it?
Do I have to pay it then get it back

I am not unsympathetic (esp as I put my back out in Sept) but I am frightened that I might have to pay out twice (ie for a temp & for her sick pay iyswim)

HELP??

bump - this is really stressing me

& she can't afford top be wageless for long

Katy. As an employer you have to pay SSP after 3 days of absence with illness/imjury.
How do you pay your staff? Do you use payroll software?

I use the IR CD rom

But who do I get the money from - surely I am not responsible (please say I'm not)

The employee is entitled by law for a percentage of her salary after 3 days. You have to pay it, it's statuatory, but you may be able to recoup a percentage of it from your NI contributions.

Oh poo

who do I ring....IR??

It's not too frightening an amount, Katy. It's a small pecentage of salary. But yes, her injury will cost you in temp. fees as well as the SSP.

Yes. Call IR.

ring IR. I'm fairly sure you get it back - I know you get statutory maternity pay back.

Stat Mat pay is higher - 90% for X amount of weeks etc. Stat sick pay is nowhere near as much. Both can be crippling for a small business. Even though you can reclaim all of the stat mat and some of the stat sick, IIRC.

It's £70.05 a week

That's nearly 12 hours work

I'll have to pay 42 hrs for a 30 hr week

This could go on for weeks (or even months)

Damn

I think I can take out insurance for Maternity pay (however I just employed people who already have their family atm - I will need to think about it for the nursery)

I am not unfeeling but this stuffs me up completely

Don't worry about Mat pay. If you're a small business you actually get extra back on top of your payments.

It's to do with how much NI I pay

I think I pay about £74

13% of that is £9.64

So I can claim back £ 60.41 (I think)

So I will only cost me about £9.64 a week - gosh that's better

I know I am mean not paying sick pay - but they get time off each week to go to assembly and I provide chocolate and ice creams for walking up to school with