Setting Up Statutory Sick Pay

Statutory sick pay (SSP) is only paid to employees for qualifying days. Typically, qualifying days are the days that the employee works. However, some companies may agree with their employees qualifying days that differ from actual working days. For this reason, you need to define work schedules specifically for SSP processing. These SSP schedules are assigned to the alternate work schedule.

Alternate work schedules are specified on the Pay Group Name page, but can be overridden at the payee level.

To set up work schedules for SSP:

1. Create schedule definitions using the delivered SSP workdays.

   We deliver definitions for the shifts and workdays for one to seven qualifying days per week. Use the Schedule Definition component to define the schedules. Navigate to this component as follows: Set Up HCM > Product Related > Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt > Schedules > Definitions.

2. Assign these SSP work schedules to pay groups and payees.

   Assign the SSP schedule to a pay group on the Pay Group Name page. Navigate to the pay group definition as follows: Set Up HCM > Product Related > Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt > Framework > Organizational > Pay Groups > Pay Group Name. Select the SSP schedule ID in the Alternate Schedule ID field.

   You can override the alternate work schedule at payee level using the Assign Schedule page (Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt > Payee Data > Create Overrides > Assign Work Schedule). Use the Alternate Details tab to override the pay group default.