The Government has announced that it will be reintroducing the Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme (SSPRS) across the UK.
The SSPRS will help small and medium-sized employers – those with fewer than 250 employees – by reimbursing them for the cost of Statutory Sick Pay for Covid-related absences, for up to 2 weeks per employee.
Firms will be eligible for the scheme from 21/12/2021 and they will be able to make claims retrospectively from mid-January.
Please find the link to the full business support - HERE.
Eligibility criteria
Employers will be eligible for the scheme if:
1. They are UK-based.
2. They employed fewer than 250 employees as of 30 November 2021.
3. They had a PAYE payroll system as off 30 November 2021. 3. They have already paid their employees’ COVID-related SSP.
Employers will be able to claim the costs for up to two weeks of SSP per employee that has to take time off because of COVID-19. This two-week limit will be reset so an employer will be able to claim up to two weeks per employee regardless of whether they have claimed under the previous scheme for that employee
Compliance measures
Employers must keep records of Statutory Sick Pay that they’ve paid and want to claim back from HMRC.
Employers must keep the following records for 3 years after the date they receive the payment for their claim:
• the dates the employee was off sick
• which of those dates were qualifying days
• the reason they said they were off work due to COVID19
• the employee’s National Insurance number
The fully detailed SSPRS fact sheet can be found - HERE
