Sick Pay

[Dazdec197296]

I’ve been on long term sick for about 6 months with a return to work not looking likely for a while. I have had a letter from Royal Mail informing me that my entitlement to full sick pay is about to expire and advising me to inform the Department of Work and Pensions so I can receive statutory sick pay.
My question is when my full sick pay comes to a end do I go down to half pay or no pay at all?

[Route1]

half pay for the following six months.

[theotherone]

When I was on long term sick (8 months plus) what I didn't realise Is that your statutory sick pay entitlement starts form when your were first sick,so come 6 months plus you might find that you aren't entitled to statutory either.
Its full pay for 6 months and half for 6 months.But also remember its within a 4 year period too.So come the future if your off again you might be surprised that your pay is cut if long term again.

[Woody Guthrie]

It's a trap a lot of members fall into
Full sick pay is actually SSP topped up to full pay, it's defined in the sick pay policy as follows..

Full rate sick pay = the difference betweenyour normal rate of pay (including any relevant allowances), and the rate at which you’re entitled to claim social security benefits.

So you'll only get SSP if the current period of sick absence is less than 28 weeks. For most people SSP will run out long before they've exhausted whatever full pay they have left in the 4 year cycle and the 6 months half pay.

Also

If you're a member of RMPP pre-2018 once you have exhausted half pay you'll get sick pay-pension rate.. which is either the highest rate of pension you would receive on ill health grounds or half pay whichever is lower if that makes sense.

Also also, the 12 months max sick absence in any 4 year period is with or without pay, worth noting.