Will I be paid normal pay during the school holidays or ssp because of a sick note

[YourWorthyUser]

Have been off since last Friday and work have now asked for a sick note as I no longer can self certify. I only need a sick note for one day which is Friday as next week is a half term and I should be well enough to be back at work after the half term. Will I still be paid normal pay during the half term or will it be counted as ssp because of the sick note.

You've got half term booked as annual leave?

When you are no longer absent for sickness, you have returned to work, and pay goes back to normal. It's irrelevant whether you are on annual leave or not. Make sure your sickness absence record is closed on the correct date.

I am a teaching assistant , just wanted to clarify whether in half term holidays full pay is still given if you were off sick prior to half term or if they pay you ssp

Do you know this? Rules in schools and the way leave is calculated are different. I’m not saying you’re wrong but it really is a very specific way of calculating pay and benefits.

Ah, OP didn't mention working in a school in their OP.

Either get a one day note, or go in for the day.

You won't be paid unless you have said you are fit for work ime.

I do the same work as you and if we don’t return to work before the holidays then it’s ssp pay for us

Any way you can go in on Friday? That would guarantee pay over the holidays.
Otherwise, I suspect it's SSP. Also consider if you are guaranteed to be back after half term. It might be easier not to have 2 periods of absence if the return in early June doesn't happen.

Where I work, we would pay this as holiday pay. The reason being, you can’t take them at a later
date so it’s easier for admin purposes. Ask your payroll department how it’s done at your work, and if unpaid, how you claim the accrued holidays owed

Where are you based and how is your pay calculated? Our TA’s are paid for the 3 terms with 4 weeks added (the other 9 weeks are unpaid) spread across 12 monthly payments. They get full sick pay for an extended period before SSP is triggered, never heard of anyone rushing back for the last day of term because of this.

I have never heard of a school where pay goes straight to SSP if someone is absent. Is it a private school?

Generally in UK schools people are able to be on sick leave for a long time, months and months if needed, while remaining on full wage.....

I have never heard of a school where pay goes straight to SSP if someone is absent. Is it a private school?

Generally in UK schools people are able to be on sick leave for a long time, months and months if needed, while remaining on full wage.....

I have never heard of a school where pay goes straight to SSP if someone is absent. Is it a private school?

Generally in UK schools people are able to be on sick leave for a long time, months and months if needed, while remaining on full wage.....

I have never heard of a school where pay goes straight to SSP if someone is absent. Is it a private school?

Generally in UK schools people are able to be on sick leave for a long time, months and months if needed, while remaining on full wage.....

Teachers are heavily unionized, but I don't think TAs get the same terms and conditions at all.

Get the sick note for however long after your self cert you’re ill for and make sure you declare your last day of sickness to be the Friday but only, as pp said, if you are definitely not going to be ill still after the hols.
if you’re a TA in uk, you’ll get paid the same but if you have 4 absences in 12 months or more than 11 days altogether you’ll maybe get called for a meeting to discuss your absences.

Is there no way to could drag yourself in for one day? That way you know you’ll be paid.

Teaching staff in academies have to phone in to say they are well if they want to be paid.

@Ilovelurchers

The OP is a teaching assistant. She isn’t covered by the Burgundy Book and will not have the same contractual protections.

I think it will be SSP.