HMRC has updated its statutory
sick pay guidance to cover employees contacted by the NHS test and trace
system on or after 28 May 2020. When an employee has been notified that they
have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for coronavirus, they
are entitled to start receiving SSP from the first qualifying day they are off
work, as long as they are off at least four days in a row. SSP entitlement ends
14 days after the employee’s most recent contact with the person who tested
positive, or sooner if specified in the notification. Waiting days do not have
to be served, so payments should be made from the first day of absence rather
from day four.
HMRC has updated its statutory
sick pay guidance to cover employees contacted by the NHS test and trace
system on or after 28 May 2020. When an employee has been notified that they
have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for coronavirus, they
are entitled to start receiving SSP from the first qualifying day they are off
work, as long as they are off at least four days in a row. SSP entitlement ends
14 days after the employee’s most recent contact with the person who tested
positive, or sooner if specified in the notification. Waiting days do not have
to be served, so payments should be made from the first day of absence rather
from day four.
