Letter to an employee informing them of their entitlement to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)

Ireland’s new Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) scheme, the Sick Leave Bill 2021, came into effect in 2022. Under the scheme, employees will be entitled to three days of paid sick leave per annum from 2022, rising to ten days by 2026…

Many employers already provide sick pay for their employees beyond the SSP scheme entitlement. As a result, employers may wish to update their template contracts for new hires so that contractual sick pay includes any applicable SSP entitlements.

Other employers, however, who do not provide paid sick leave will face a significant cost burden as a result of the scheme.

To ensure your employees understand their sick leave entitlement, we’ve created a useful letter that you can give them which specifies the essentials. 

Download this free letter to ensure you:

• Stay on the right side of mandatory SSP entitlements
• Inform your employees of their right to paid sick leave
• Receive written proof of employee’s understanding of SSP

And much more. 

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