Sick Pay

[chrissa1]

My daughter has been told today that she has to have a tonsillectomy in about 2 months time, waiting lists permitting. She starts a new job at the beginning of September managing a Playgroup and is being paid hourly. After the operation she has been told she will have to take 2 weeks off work. What, if anything can she claim in Sickness Benefit either from her employer or the government? Thanks.

[mamatwo]

Providing that she has done some work for her new employer and she is earning enough to pay national insurance her new employer should pay her Statutory Sick Pay at a rate of �79.15 per week after the first three days she has off. She may be entitled to more under her contract of employment. See the attached link for more info!

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/paye/employees/statutor y-pay/ssp-overview.htm#2

[factor-fiction]

Is her new employer aware that she will need time off? Hopefully they will be sympathetic but there is a risk (small i hope) that they may dismiss her for such an absence so soon after starting.