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All items: Sick pay

If an employee has an immigration status with "no recourse to public funds", are they eligible for benefits such as statutory maternity pay and statutory sick pay?

Yes. An employee who has "no recourse to public funds" because of their immigration status will be entitled to statutory family-related pay and statutory sick pay, provided that ...
Under the Agency Workers Regulations 2010, are agency workers entitled to the same contractual sick pay as direct recruits?
Does an employer have to continue paying a disabled employee full pay as a reasonable adjustment when they are off work sick?
If an employee works part of the day before going home sick, should this day count as sickness absence?
Can an employer withhold occupational or statutory sick pay from an employee who is frequently absent from work due to sports injuries?
Where an employee in the early stages of pregnancy is frequently off sick, how should the employer handle the situation?
If an employee has been signed off work for a particular period, can the employer allow them to return early?
If an employee's sickness absence is due to a workplace accident, should they be paid in full where there is normally no provision for full sick pay?
Where an employee is off sick when their maternity leave is due to start, will their sick pay continue or will they transfer to maternity pay?
Will an employee who takes time off for fertility treatment be entitled to statutory or contractual sick pay?

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Frequently asked questions and answers on sick pay.