Help with pay after 6 months sick?

[jw1234]

Hi, ive been off for 6 months, and was under the impression that you get taken down to half pay at this point. However I received a letter saying my entitlement to SSP is expiring and they will no longer pay SSP after next month.

Has policy recently changed? Any help appreciated

[rehabron]

It would depend on your length of service before an accurate answer is given

[jw1234]

It would depend on your length of service before an accurate answer is given

3 years

[rehabron]

Your entitlement under Royal Mail sick pay conditions policy:-During absence from work due to sickness or injury, full- and part-time non-managerial employees recruited on or after 3 June 2002 will receive:
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During the first twelve months of service, statutory sick pay only
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After twelve months' service, full rate sick pay for the first six months (26 weeks) of any spell of absence, followed by half rate sick pay
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Full rate sick pay will not be paid in total for more than 6 months (26 weeks) during any calendar year. Further periods will be paid at half rate, but no sick pay (other than at pension rate where applicable) will be paid when the employee has been absent for a total of 12 months (with or without pay) in any period of four years
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If entitlement to full and half rate sick pay has been exhausted, employees who are contributing members of the Royal Mail Pension Plan will be paid at a rate equivalent to the highest rate of pension they would be eligible to receive if dismissed on ill health grounds, or at sick pay at half rate if lower
During absence from work due to sickness or injury, managerial employees and other full- and part-time employees recruited before 3 June 2002 will receive:
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Sick Pay and Sick Pay Conditions Policy
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Full rate sick pay for the first six months (26 weeks) of any spell of absence, followed by half rate sick pay
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Full rate sick pay will not be paid in total for more than 6 months (26 weeks) during any calendar year. Further periods will be paid at half rate, but no sick pay (other than at pension rate where applicable) will be paid when the employee has been absent for a total of 12 months (with or without pay) in any period of four years
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If entitlement to full and half rate sick pay has been exhausted, employees who are contributing members of the Royal Mail Pension Plan will be paid at a rate equivalent to the highest rate of pension they would be eligible to receive if retired on ill health grounds, or sick pay at half rate if lower
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Sick pay will not be paid for any period for which maternity pay is appropriate
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Casual employees are not eligible for any Royal Mail sick pay but may be entitled to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)

[Waughh]

How did this turn out for you? I have just received the same letter and am confused by it. Did you go onto half pay?