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    This document provides information about Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), including: 1) SSP is paid by employers to employees who cannot work due to sickness. To receive SSP, employees must fill out a form providing details about their sickness. 2) If an employee does not qualify for SSP, they will be given form SSP1 explaining why. This form can then be used to claim other benefits like Incapacity Benefit. 3) Employees who change jobs may be able to transfer any SSP received from their previous employer to their new employer, allowing them to qualify for benefits sooner. The previous employer must fill out form SSP1(L) for this

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    This document provides information about Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), including: 1) SSP is paid by employers to employees who cannot work due to sickness. To receive SSP, employees must fill out a form providing details about their sickness. 2) If an employee does not qualify for SSP, they will be given form SSP1 explaining why. This form can then be used to claim other benefits like Incapacity Benefit. 3) Employees who change jobs may be able to transfer any SSP received from their previous employer to their new employer, allowing them to qualify for benefits sooner. The previous employer must fill out form SSP1(L) for this

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    This document provides information about Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), including: 1) SSP is paid by employers to employees who cannot work due to sickness. To receive SSP, employees must fill out a form providing details about their sickness. 2) If an employee does not qualify for SSP, they will be given form SSP1 explaining why. This form can then be used to claim other benefits like Incapacity Benefit. 3) Employees who change jobs may be able to transfer any SSP received from their previous employer to their new employer, allowing them to qualify for benefits sooner. The previous employer must fill out form SSP1(L) for this

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    This document provides information about Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), including: 1) SSP is paid by employers to employees who cannot work due to sickness. To receive SSP, employees must fill out a form providing details about their sickness. 2) If an employee does not qualify for SSP, they will be given form SSP1 explaining why. This form can then be used to claim other benefits like Incapacity Benefit. 3) Employees who change jobs may be able to transfer any SSP received from their previous employer to their new employer, allowing them to qualify for benefits sooner. The previous employer must fill out form SSP1(L) for this

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    Statutory Sick Pay

    Employee’s statement of sickness


    About this form Other help while you are sick
    Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) is money paid by employers to You can get more information about other help while you are
    employees who are away from work because they are sick. sick in leaflet DHC1JP, a guide to disabled people, those with
    health conditions and carers.
    What to do now
    Please: If you do not have much money coming in while you are sick,
    • fill in ‘Your statement’ overleaf when you have been sick for you may be able to get Income Support. Income Support is a
    4 days or more in a row Social Security benefit for people who do not have enough
    • give your completed form to your employer, it will help money to live on. You can find out more about Income Support
    them decide if you can get Statutory Sick Pay from your nearest Jobcentre Plus office.
    • keep a copy of this page for your own information. You can get leaflet DHC1JP from:
    • any Jobcentre Plus office

    What happens next


    • most advice centres like the Citizens Advice Bureau, or

    If you can get Statutory Sick Pay, your employer will pay you
    • any Post Office (except in Northern Ireland).

    in the same way they usually pay your wages.


    If you want to know more about benefit entitlement while

    If you cannot get Statutory Sick Pay, your employer will give
    you are sick, visit www.direct.gov.uk or ring the Benefit

    you form SSP1 to tell you why. You can use form SSP1 to
    Enquiry Line for people with disabilities. The phone call is free.

    claim Incapacity Benefit (Employment and Support Allowance


    The number is 0800 882 200 or in Northern Ireland

    will replace Incapacity Benefit for new customers from


    0800 220 674.

    Autum 2008).
    If you have any problems with hearing or speaking and use
    If you disagree with your employer you can ask HM Revenue
    a textphone, ring 0800 243 355 or in Northern Ireland
    & Customs for a decision about your entitlement.
    0800 243 787. The phone call is free.
    If you have changed jobs If you do not have your own textphone system, they are
    If you have: available to use at the Citizens Advice Bureau and
    • changed jobs within the last 8 weeks, and main libraries.
    • received at least one week’s SSP from your old employer in
    Working Tax Credit (WTC) helps people with an illness or
    the 8 weeks before this current spell of sickness (odd days
    disability to return to, or take up, work by topping up earnings.
    of SSP may count), the SSP from your old employer can be
    It is a tax credit for people on low to middle incomes who are
    counted towards your 28 weeks maximum SSP payment.
    working 16 hours or more a week and who have an illness or
    This means you may be able to transfer to a higher rate of
    disability which puts them at a disadvantage in getting a job.
    Incapacity Benefit (or Employment and Support Allowance
    for new customers from Autum 2008) earlier. For further information on claiming WTC contact your nearest
    Jobcentre Plus office.
    Ask your old employer to fill in form SSP1(L) Leaver’s
    statement of SSP. Give form SSP1(L) to your new employer, it If you want to know more about SSP, contact your nearest
    will help them to make sure that you get the right amount of HM Revenue & Customs office. You can find the phone number
    Statutory Sick Pay and that you transfer to Incapacity Benefit in The Phone Book under ‘Inland Revenue’ or ‘HM Revenue
    (or Employment and Support Allowance for new customers & Customs’.
    from Autum 2008) at the right time.
    Please turn over

    SC2 Page 1 HMRC 07/07


    Your statement
    See note ‘What happens next?’ on page 1
    About you What date did you last work before your sickness began?
    Surname

    What time did you finish work on that date?


    First name(s) (enter time in 24 hours)

    Title - enter MR, MRS, MISS, MS, or other title Was your sickness caused by an accident at work or an
    industrial disease?

    National Insurance number No Yes


    If you answered ‘Yes’, you may be able to get Industrial
    Injuries Disablement Benefit. If you want information
    Date of birth DD MM YYYY about claiming this benefit, ask at your nearest Jobcentre
    Plus office.
    Your signature
    Clock or payroll number Signature

    About your sickness. Please give brief details

    Date DD MM YYYY

    What date did your sickness begin?


    You may want to make a copy for your records.

    What date did your sickness end? If you do not know


    please leave this box blank.

    The dates you put in these 2 boxes may be days you do


    not normally work. If you are sick for more than 7 days,
    your employer may ask you for a medical certificate
    from your doctor. Medical certificates are also called sick
    notes or Doctor’s statements.

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