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What you may be entitled to, and more.
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During these interactive webinars you can ask questions using the on-screen text box and download handouts giving detailed examples and links to more information. After the event, HMRC will also send you a link to a video recording of the webinars.
HMRC has advised that they will continue to update their webinars to reflect the latest information as it becomes available.
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Updates to SSP1 form 14 January 2021
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published an updated SSP1 form, for use when an employee is not entitled to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) or when their entitlement to SSP is ending.
The following changes have been made:
• The form has been streamlined and brought up to date, to discuss Universal Credit (UC) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), instead of referring to them as ‘benefits’ • All links and phone numbers have been reviewed to ensure that they are correct • The old part E has been removed, and incorporated within the form or added to the new part C • The list of options in the new part C has been updated, to include the following: - You became sick after your contract of employment ended (Note for employee: Your employee will have to pay you SSP if they ended your contract solely or mainly to avoid paying SSP) - You did not tell your employer about your sickness - The form can either be downloaded and then completed on screen and printed or printed and then completed with a pen. Once the form is completed, it must be provided to the relevant employee, who may then be able to claim other forms of financial assistance.
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From 1 April 2021, SSP will no longer be payable to individuals who are shielding 30 March 2021
The Department of Health & Social Care recently issued a letter to all individuals on the Shielded Patient List, which provided updated guidance for clinically extremely vulnerable people, to take effect from 1 April 2021.
The letter advises that, as of 1 April 2021, people will no longer be eligible for either Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) or Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) solely on the basis of being instructed to shield. Individuals may, however, be eligible for SSP or ESA if they are sick or unable to work, either due to coronavirus or wider health reasons, provided they meet the other eligibility criteria. As of 16 April 2020, employers could start to pay SSP from the first qualifying day that an employee was off work, where they were ‘shielding’ due to coronavirus, as opposed to from the fourth qualifying day. This arrangement will, however, soon come to an end.
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