Entitlement to SSP for Tonsillectomy Recovery Period

[bazmurfer]

Edit! Thank you all for your help

I think I have my answer now

Hi I'm hoping some of you lovely people can help. My husband had a tonsillectomy on Tuesday 15th August. He doesn't get sick pay from his employer only SSP so he took annual leave for last week as we can't afford 2 weeks unpaid we are trying to get the SSP for this week but we are being told he can only get 2 days SSP, but his sick note starts from the 15th, citezen advise tell me he should be entitled to this full week but I can't find anything on the gov website. What should he be entitled too?

Thank you for reading.

 

[rahnjoseph300]

Only after 3 days sick so you trigger SSP.

 

[lilymae]

You don't get paid for the forst 3 days you are of sick

 

[011235813]

That's right, you don't get first 3 days

 

[2xtrbo]

@011235813 at my work it’s 5 days

 

[2xtrbo]

Or I thought it was but just read govt page! X

 

[valleylily]

Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)

Your Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) - how much you get, eligibility, how to claim SSP, fit notes, disputes.

www.gov.uk

 

[artaterxes]

It usually is self cert for 1st 5 days then drs notes x

 

[madelene]

First 3 days are classed as waiting days and are not paid for SSP xxx

 

[seadog]

You have 3 waiting days before SSP starts , why he will only get 2 days in the first week. He would of been better having annual leave first then sending his sick note in and he would have had his waiting 3 days whilst on holiday pay

 

[edenspeak]

This explains

https://www.gov.uk/statutory-sick-pay/what-youll-get....

 

[washingtondc]

Has he been off 2 weeks, if so and he's taken annual leave for it he won't get ssp too

 

[iamnotmyown]

It used to be after the first 3 days now its the first 7 you dont get paid for and get ssp after this just had this fight with employer and cab xxx

 

[2xtrbo]

In my work you don’t get paid first 5 days then SSP be would kick in. So I’d have taken 1st week off self certificate (unpaid) 1 week SSP (govt pays it) & then you could take a week holiday. You can’t use SSP after a week of holiday as it effectively starts the off sick again x

 

[2xtrbo]

His Self certificate would be (assuming same as mine with 5 days sickness) 15/16/17/18 and 21st. SSP would then kick in and be 22/23/24/25/28 so basically him taking holidays means he’s had no self certificate time off so therefor SSP can’t kick in to effect x

 

[parkerd]

Taken holiday for last week then Monday, Tuesday weds are his 3 days you don't get it for so he will only get SSP for today and tomorrow

 

[johnoutthere]

I got signed off work so for paid from day 1

 

[tblinn]

That’s right only two days of ssp