Calculate your employee’s statutory sick pay

You’re only responsible for paying SSP if:

  • you pay Class 1 National Insurance contributions for your employee (or would do if not for their age or their level of earnings)
  • your employee was sick for 4 or more days in a row (including non-working days)
  • your employee has told you they’re sick within your own time limit (or 7 days if you do not have one)

You cannot use the calculator for periods of sickness before 6 April 2011.

Sick leave because of coronavirus (COVID-19)

Do not use the calculator if your employee became sick with COVID-19 before 25 March 2022. You’ll need to work out the SSP manually instead.

Different periods of sick leave

You can combine periods of sick leave if the gap between them is 8 weeks or less. These are called ‘linked Periods of Incapacity for Work (PIW)’.

If there’s more than one linked PIW, you’ll need to work out the SSP manually.

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