{"id":4214,"date":"2021-07-16T10:52:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T10:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4214"},"modified":"2021-07-16T10:52:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T10:52:32","slug":"smes-can-benefit-from-covid-sick-pay-rebates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/smes-can-benefit-from-covid-sick-pay-rebates\/","title":{"rendered":"SMEs can benefit from Covid sick pay rebates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Covid cases continue to rise again, small businesses in particular are faced with the extra cost of sick pay as employees fall victim to the virus.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->But help is at hand and the Government is offering a rebate of up to two weeks sick pay related to Coronavirus for firms with 250 employees or less.<\/p>\n<p>Employers can use the relief scheme to reclaim up to two weeks\u2019 worth of Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) that they have paid out to employees for COVID-19 sickness absences. SSP for these absences will also be paid from the first day off, rather than day four as is standard.<\/p>\n<p>You can claim if:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>you have already paid your employee\u2019s sick pay<\/li>\n<li>you are claiming for an employee who is eligible for sick pay due to Coronavirus<\/li>\n<li>you have a PAYE payroll scheme that was created and started on or before 28 February 2020<\/li>\n<li>you had fewer than 250 employees on 28 February 2020 across all your PAYE payroll schemes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can make SSP rebate and furlough grant claims through either scheme, for the same employee, but not for the same time period.<\/p>\n<p>The online service to claim back Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) is now available and as an employer you need to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>check that you can use the Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme<\/li>\n<li>be registered for PAYE online<\/li>\n<li>work out your claim period<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Employees do not have to give you a doctor\u2019s fit note for you to make a claim. But you can ask them to give you either:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>an isolation note from NHS 111 \u2013 if they are self-isolating and cannot work because of Coronavirus (COVID-19)<\/li>\n<li>a \u2018shielding note\u2019 or a letter from their doctor or health authority advising them to shield because they are at high risk of severe illness from Coronavirus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The scheme covers all types of employment contracts, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>full-time employees<\/li>\n<li>part-time employees<\/li>\n<li>employees on agency contracts<\/li>\n<li>employees on flexible or zero-hour contracts<\/li>\n<li>fixed term contracts (until the date their contract ends<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What you can claim<\/strong><br \/>\nThe repayment will cover up to two weeks SSP starting from the first qualifying day of sickness, if an employee is unable to work because they:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>have Coronavirus symptoms<\/li>\n<li>are self-isolating because someone they live with has symptoms<\/li>\n<li>are self-isolating because they have been notified by the NHS or public health bodies that they have come into contact with someone with Coronavirus<\/li>\n<li>have been advised by letter to shield because they are clinically extremely vulnerable and at very high risk of severe illness from Coronavirus<\/li>\n<li>have been notified by the NHS to self-isolate before surgery for up to 14 days<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can make more than one claim per employee, but you cannot claim for more than two weeks in total.<\/p>\n<p>Check if you can claim back\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/claim-back-statutory-sick-pay-paid-to-your-employees-due-to-coronavirus-covid-19\">Statutory Sick Pay<\/a>\u00a0paid to employees due to coronavirus (COVID-19).<\/p>\n<p>For help and advice with related matters, please\u00a0get in touch with our team today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Covid cases continue to rise again, small businesses in particular are faced with the extra cost of sick pay as employees fall victim to the virus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30,56,31,60,79,112,46,88,50,120,121,25,4,26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4214"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4215,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4214\/revisions\/4215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}