Employment Contracts · glossary
The sum the law makes an employer pay an employee who is off sick. Since 6 April 2026 it is due from the first day of sickness. Cressby pays full salary for up to 20 working days in any 12 months, statutory sick pay included, then statutory sick pay only. Contract 14.2 · Chapter 5 · see Basic Salary
Explained in Chapter 5, Holiday, Sick Pay and Time Off, of Employment Contracts.
Statutory sick pay is the sum the law makes an employer pay an employee who is off sick. Since 6 April 2026, the 2025 Act has made it due from the first day of sickness, for every employee, whatever their pay. Before then, it started only after some unpaid “waiting days”. Those days are gone, so a contract should no longer mention them.Read Chapter 5, Holiday, Sick Pay and Time Off →
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