The following policy was approved by the Board on 29 April 2024 and came into effect in May 2024.
Employees who are unable to work through ill health will be entitled to 90% of their usual rate as sick pay up to the following in any twelve-month period:
- After six months of continuous employment, two weeks’ pay.
- After one year of continuous employment, eight weeks’ pay.
- After two years of continuous employment, thirteen weeks’ pay.
- After three years of continuous employment, seventeen weeks’ pay.
For any further absence due to ill-health the employer will pay Statutory Sick Pay (“SSP”) in accordance with the relevant regulations where you satisfy the necessary eligibility requirements of the scheme (£116.75 per week for absences lasting four days or more and up to 28 weeks’ total absence)*.
For payroll purposes, we will define the entitlement for each member of staff based on their hours and then maintain a spreadsheet of the days lost each month. This will be based on the employee’s normal working pattern and calculated in number of weeks. For example, an employee working 30 hours per week based on 7.5 hours per day, two days of sick leave will equate to 0.5 weeks. For an employee working 30 hours per week, 6 hours per day, two days’ sick leave will equate to 0.4 weeks.
In practice the policy will usually be implemented by making deductions the month after the sick leave has occurred.
See also Absence Management Policy and Procedure
