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What Effect Will Recent Changes to SSP Rules Have For Employers?

Posted in: First Tuesday Q&A NI on 02/08/2022 The Social Security (Medical Evidence) and Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 came into force on 1 July 2022. This amendment will broaden the number of healthcare professionals who can certify statements of fitness to work, commonly known as...
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Absence and Sickness

What notice should employees give in order to take parental bereavement leave?

Posted in: First Tuesday Q&A NI on 01/03/2022 The rules regarding notification will be set out in the forthcoming regulations. However, by way of indication, we expect that that new rules will largely correspond with those applicable in Great Britain. In order to take parental bereavement leave in Great Britain, employees must give the employe...
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Absence and Sickness Policies and Procedures Pay Annual Leave and Holiday Pay Family Friendly Rights

Parental Bereavement Leave - What protections rights does an employee have?

Posted in: First Tuesday Q&A NI on 01/03/2022 Parents taking parental bereavement leave will be entitled to the same employment protections as those associated with other forms of family related leave i.e. maternity, paternity, adoption, parental and shared parental leave. This will include protection from detriment and dismissal as a result o...
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Absence and Sickness Annual Leave and Holiday Pay Family Friendly Rights

What is the rate of paid parental bereavement leave and how will it be calculated?

Posted in: First Tuesday Q&A NI on 01/03/2022 Employees on parental bereavement leave may also be entitled to statutory parental bereavement pay if they can satisfy certain statutory eligibility criteria. In summary, the employee must: Be in employed by you for a continuous period of at least 26 weeks; Remain in that employment at least until...
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Absence and Sickness Pay Annual Leave and Holiday Pay Family Friendly Rights

Who is entitled to parental bereavement leave under the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill?

Posted in: First Tuesday Q&A NI on 01/03/2022 On 7 February 2022, the Northern Ireland Assembly passed the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill. It is anticipated that the new legislation will come into effect in April 2022, once the Bill has received Royal Assent and when further details have been set out in the accompanying regulations....
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Absence and Sickness Pay Annual Leave and Holiday Pay Family Friendly Rights

What rights do employers have to claim a refund of Statutory Sick Pay paid to employees under the current legislation?

Posted in: First Tuesday Q&A NI on 01/02/2022 Under the Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Funding of Employers’ Liabilities) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022, small and medium size employers can reclaim some or all of their Statutory Sick Pay costs from HMRC. Under the legislation, the ‘eligible employer’ is the one who on the 30th November...
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Absence and Sickness Annual Leave and Holiday Pay

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

Posted in: First Tuesday Q&A NI on 05/10/2021 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 comp...
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Absence and Sickness Pay

How Is Statutory Sick Pay Reclaimed From HMRC In Relation To Employees Who Were Absent From Work Due To COVID-19?

Posted in: First Tuesday Q&A NI on 03/08/2021 Employers can reclaim up to 2 weeks SSP if all of the following apply: Your employee was off work because they had COVID-19 or were self-isolating Your employee was off work because they were shielding – before 26 April 2021 in Scotland, before 12 April 2021 in Northern Ireland and before 1 April ...
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Absence and Sickness Coronavirus/Covid-19

Do students, who carry out hourly-paid work during their holidays, accrue holiday during the unpaid absences from work?

Posted in: First Tuesday Q&A NI on 06/07/2021 In the case of a student who carries out hourly-paid work during school/ university vacations (that is, Christmas, Easter and Summer) would their holidays accrue during the unpaid absences from work (i.e. term time)? If the worker remains under a contract during term time, they would continue to a...
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Absence and Sickness Contracts of Employment Working Time Pay Annual Leave and Holiday Pay

Does the right to be accompanied apply at a meeting to discuss an occupational health report?

Posted in: First Tuesday Q&A NI on 13/04/2021 An employee has a statutory right to be accompanied (by a trade union representative or a fellow worker) at a "disciplinary meeting" which is defined as a meeting that could result in a formal warning being issued to a worker by the employer; the taking of some other action in respect of a worker b...
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Absence and Sickness Discipline