When an employee is off sick, they may qualify for SSP. To check if they qualify and process any relevant payments, you need to add a sickness record. To do this, follow the relevant steps below.
Individual employee
Click Payroll, and then click Employees.
Find and select the required employee.
Click Sickness.
📌Note: If you use occupational sick pay, click the magnifying glass to add the required rule.
Enter the required date in the sickness from field.
If known, enter the required date into the sickness to field.
The sickness to can be left blank.
Enter any required notes, and then click Run System Checks.
A status will be assigned to the sickness.
Click Save and Close.
Multiple employees
Click Payroll, and then click Sickness.
Enter the employee code.
Enter the required date into the sickness from field.
If known, enter the required date into the sickness to field.
The sickness to can be left blank.
Repeat steps 2 to 4 for each employee.
Click Next, where statuses will be applied.
Click Finish.
Multiple sickness qualifying patterns
If an employee has multiple different sickness qualifying patterns, and they are off for an extended period of time. Add a new sickness entry for each week, Sunday - Saturday. You can then assign the required sickness pattern to the correct week. To do this, follow the steps below.
📌Note: Sickness qualifying patterns run from Sunday to Saturday.
Click Payroll, and then click Employees.
Find and select the required employee.
Click Sickness.
Enter a sickness line for each week required, from Sunday to Saturday.
Click Run System Checks, and then click Save and Close.
Click Payroll, and then click Run Payroll.
Find and select the required employee.
Click the Sickness tab, select the first week of sickness.
Click the Sickness Qualifying drop-down, and select the required pattern.
Repeat steps 7 and 8 for each week.
Click Save.