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You can get statutory sick pay for up to 28 weeks if you have a job but have been sick and unable to work for 4 consecutive days. You do not have to have paid national insurance contributions but you cannot get statutory sick pay if your gross earnings are less than £95 a week. The amount of savings you have does not affect your SSP. This benefit is paid by your employer.
Statutory sick pay is £79.15 a week.
Once your statutory sick pay has finished or if you are not entitled to get it you may be able to claim employment and support allowance.
If your employer doesn’t accept you are incapable of work, you have the right to ask them for a written statement setting out the reasons for this, and details of the dates when you won’t receive SSP.
You also have the right to apply to the HM Revenue and Customs for a decision - write to HMRC Statutory Payments Disputes Team, National Insurance Contributions Office, Room BP3202, Benton Park View, Newcastle upon Tyne NE98 1ZZ (or ring 0191 225 5221).
They will expect you to have discussed the matter with your employer where it is reasonable to do so, and to have gone through the agreed grievance procedure if one exists where you work.
You can find out about the statutory sick pay scheme in more detail in Disability Alliance's Disability Rights Handbook, available at www.disabilityalliance.org/drh35.htm.
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