Off sick any advice please?

[acdawson]

Hi i am a fulltime driver but because of serious illness i will have been off sick for 12 months in august. I received 6 months full pay and now get half pay.What will i be entitled to recieve after the 12 month period because i need to have a further operation and it looks like it could be the end of the year before i am fit to resume.

[Pinky 1]

" 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
 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"


Download the Sick Pay and Sick Pay Conditions Policy here :
http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communit ... ay#p625023" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
and have a good read.

[acdawson]

So do i have to get in touch with my pension plan and ask them about payments once the half pay has finished?

[Pinky 1]

No, this will automatically happen through the wages dept.