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Is a non-executive director eligible for statutory sick pay?

Posted in : First Tuesday Q&A NI on 5 October 2021
Chris Fullerton
Arthur Cox NI
Issues covered: Sick Pay; Employment status

There are certain criteria that must be satisfied in order to be eligible for statutory sick pay (SSP). However, when it comes to non-executive directors, the requirement for the individual to be an 'employee' is likely to be the most immediately relevant. A person appointed as a director of a company is an office-holder but not by virtue of that appointment alone, also an employee of the company. It will boil down to a question of fact whether a director is an employee, or a worker, for the purposes of employment rights, taking into account the relevant statutory definitions.

Unfortunately, there is no legal definition of ‘non-executive director’ but such role is usually taken to mean a

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Back to Q&A's This article is correct at 05/10/2021
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Chris Fullerton
Arthur Cox NI

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