Quarantine when entering, or returning to, the UK in relation to SSP 5 June 2020
Guidance provided on gov.uk stipulates that residents or visitors travelling to the UK on, or after, 8 June 2020, must disclose their journey and contact details and must also remain in the place that they are staying, for the first 14 days that they are in the UK.
To disclose journey and contact details, individuals must complete a form, which cannot be submitted until 48 hours before they are due to arrive in the UK.
Once the rules are implemented, in England, individuals could be fined £100 for refusal to provide contact details and £1,000 for refusal to self-isolate, and could potentially face further action. The enforcement measures may differ in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland but further detail is not available at this point.
Anybody travelling to the UK prior to 8 June does not need to adhere to these requirements, but they are advised to check the latest public health advice on coronavirus before travel, or if they have just arrived in the UK.
Anybody travelling from Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man does not need to self-isolate or provide journey and contact details if they were there for 14 days or more.
There is a reminder to everyone not to travel if they are experiencing symptoms of coronavirus.
CIPP comment
Due to the inclusion of the term ‘self-isolate’, the CIPP approached HMRC to query whether this would become a reason for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) incapacity, and has been told that, were a person to be subject to quarantine (even if it is referred to as self-isolation), then they would not be eligible for SSP. This would be due to the fact that they wouldn’t have been advised by the NHS or other health authority to do so, and the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) have no intentions to extend SSP to cover this scenario.
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Further dates for HMRC webinars to assist with COVID-19 support measures 5 June 2020
Due to popular demand, HMRC has added more webinar dates to help support businesses to navigate some of the schemes implemented by the government in response to the coronavirus crisis.
Coronavirus COVID-19 Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme
This webinar provides an overview of the scheme, and discusses who can claim, when SSP can be paid, which employees employers can claim for, the process involved in making a claim, employer record-keeping duties, and more.
There are several additional dates available for this webinar, and anyone who is interested should register here.
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme – How to make a claim
These sessions are designed to guide claimants through making a claim by detailing what information they need to provide, and what they must do prior to making a claim. There is also guidance relating to the calculation and processing of claims.
To register for one of the upcoming sessions, please click here.
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