The Statutory Sick Pay (General) Amendment Regulations 1986

Provision of information by employers to employees

6.—(1) Regulation 15 of the principal regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) For sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (3) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs:—

“(a) the information mentioned in paragraph (1) above is a statement informing the employee of

(i) the reason why the period of entitlement ended;

(ii) the date of the first day in the period of entitlement or where the employer has taken into account days falling within a previous period of entitlement as between the employee and a person who is or was an employer of his, the date of the first day in that previous period of entitlement;

(iii) the date of the last day in respect of which the employer is or was liable to make a payment of statutory sick pay to him;

(iv) the number of qualifying days falling within the last week (beginning with Sunday) in the period of entitlement in which the employer is or was liable to make to him a payment of statutory sick pay; and either

(v) Where the period of entitlement ends otherwise than by virtue of section 3(2)(b) of the Act, the number of weeks (a week being 7 days beginning with Sunday) and days in respect of which the employer was liable to make a payment of statutory sick pay to him in that period of entitlement; or

(vi) where the period of entitlement ends otherwise than by virtue of section 3(2)(b) of the Act and where the employee provided the employer with a statement issued to him in accordance with regulation 15A by a person who is or was an employer of his, the number of weeks (a week being 7 days beginning with Sunday) and days in respect of which he and the previous employer were together liable to make a payment of statutory sick pay to him; and

(b) the statement shall be furnished not more than 7 days after the day on which the period of entitlement ended, or if earlier, on the day on which it is already required to be furnished under paragraph (4).”.

(3) For sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (4) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs:—

“(a) the information mentioned in paragraph (1) above is a statement informing the employee of

(i) the reason why the period of entitlement is expected to end;

(ii) the date of the first day in the period of entitlement or where the employer has taken into account days of incapacity for work in a previous period of entitlement as between the employee and a person who is or was an employer of his, the date of the first day in that previous period of entitlement;

(iii) the date of the last day in respect of which the employer is or was expected to be liable to make a payment of statutory sick pay to him;

(iv) the number of qualifying days falling within the last week (beginning with Sunday) in the period of entitlement in which the employer is or was expected to be liable to make to him a payment of statutory sick pay; and either

(v) where the period of entitlement is expected to end otherwise than by virtue of section 3(2)(b) of the Act, the number of weeks (a week being 7 days beginning with Sunday) and days in respect of which the employer will have been liable to make a payment of statutory sick pay to him in that period of entitlement; or

(vi) where the period of entitlement is expected to end otherwise than by virtue of section 3(2)(b) of the Act and where the employee provided the employer with a statement issued to him in accordance with regulation 15A by a person who is or was an employer of his, the number of weeks (a week being 7 days beginning with Sunday) and days in respect of which he and the previous employer were together liable to make a payment of statutory sick pay to him; and

(b) the statement shall be furnished—

(i) in a case where the period of entitlement is expected to end in accordance with section 3(2)(b) of the Act (maximum entitled to statutory sick pay), on or before the 42nd day before the period of entitlement is expected to end, or

(ii) in any other case, on or before the seventh day before the period of entitlement is expected to end,

or, if later, the seventh day after the first day on which the employer could have known that the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (c) of section 18(3) existed.”.