Assign: Occupational sick pay (OSP) policy to employee

Statutory sick pay (SSP Statutory sick pay refers to the pay an employer must give you if you’re too ill to work. It’s paid to you by your employer for up to 28 weeks, based on certain eligibility criteria - the cost of SSP is no longer able to be recovered - SSP is no longer reported to HMRC on your EPS submissions) is paid when an employee is unable to work due to an illness or injury. Employers can choose to pay more, this is occupational sick pay (OSP). Find out about qualifying for statutory sick pay.

Before paying OSP, you must create an occupational sick pay (OSP) policy and assign it to the employee.

  1. Open the required company.

  2. Go to Employees.

  3. Select the required employee.

  4. Go to Leave and select Settings.