Indigo Hair & Beauty employees may be eligible for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), which is £99.35 a week (January 2023) for up to 28 weeks. SSP is paid:
- for the days an employee normally works – called ‘qualifying days’
- in the same way as wages, for example on the normal payday, deducting tax and National insurance
Entitlement
To qualify for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) you must:
- be classed as an employee and have done some work
- earn an average of at least £123 per week
- have been ill for at least 4 days in a row (including non-working days)
How many days you can get SSP for depends on why you’re off work.
What you’ll get
You can get £99.35 a week Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) for up to 28 weeks.
You can get SSP from the fourth day you’re off sick.
If you’re eligible, you’ll be paid SSP for all the days you’re off sick that you normally would have worked, except for the first 3.
You’ll only be paid SSP for the first 3 working days you are off sick if either of the following apply:
you received SSP within the last 8 weeks, and that already included a 3-day waiting period before you were paid SSP
Ending Entitlement
SSP stops when you comes back to work or no longer qualifies for it.
Qualifying Days
Qualifying days are set on an individual basis, and may change from week to week. One of the following rules will be adopted when calculating your qualifying days, based on the most appropriate scenario:
| Rule | Scenario | |
| A | Those agreed days will be the days for which SSP is potentially payable | Will apply where there is a rota or schedule so that it is known in advance which days the employee was due to work |
| B | there will only be one Qualifying Day in the week, and that day will be Wednesday | Will apply where there is a rota or schedule so that it is known in advance that the employee was not due to work that week at all. |
| C | Every day will be a Qualifying Day for SSP | Will apply if there is no rota or schedule in place. |