Employee: Occupational sick pay

Occupational sick pay (OSP) is sick pay provided by an employer  instead of solely statutory sick pay (SSP). It’s usually part of an employment contract or company policy and offers employees more generous benefits when they’re off work due to illness. 

• Setting OSP when adding an employee 
• Setting OSP when editing an employee
• FAQs
  • How do I find out what these sick pay rules are?

Setting OSP when adding an employee 

1. If you want your employee to receive OSP rather than SSP, select Yes. 
   • If you select No, the employee will receive their normal salary, but some of it will be classed as SSP for compliance and payroll purposes. 
2. Select which sick pay scheme to enrol the employee on. 
   • When you click Next, the employee will be assigned to your chosen sick pay rules with a start date matching that of their employment start date. If you wish to change this or other sick pay information, you will need to edit the employee. 

Setting OSP when editing an employee

• You can view a list of all previous sick pay rules and dates by clicking View history.
• Click Add New to add a further set of sick pay rules. For each set of rules you add, you must add a From Date.  
  • The To date is optional.