Employee Injury outside of work

[benedmonds]

new rules regarding ssp means it cannot be claimed back now so for small employers it's a real drain on resources. paying ssp on top of higher costs means employing staff can be too

costly than having subbies

 

Except that as discussed in many threads regular employment will normally mean that those " subbies " are in fact employees. employers thinking they are fine could be liable to pay sick pay and if taken to an employment tribunal could be stuck with a big bill.

[Joy Yeomans]

Definitely what I was getting at was the government doesn't give any real incentive to have employees

[Peter]

They get you coming and going though, using self employment to avoid the expense and hassle of employment can be expensive in the long run if you get caught out.

[skyhuck]

But injuring yourself outside work is a sackable offence, surely????

[Peter]

The new guidelines for NHS treatment of leg fractures will probably involve a vet and a rifle, so SSP will be a thing of the past anyway.

[Ian Clarke]

He will be slow on his feet after the 6 weeks. I broke my ankle when I was a groundie.

[Paul Jenks]

On the bright side he broke his ankle outside work. £88/week seems cheap compared to the paperwork involved with such an injury at work.

 

It is what it is. These things happen and, yes, they can be very challenging for all involved. When things happen those that look at them objectively and work on the positives will learn and grow. Painfully or otherwise.

 

Sometimes learning is cheap, sometimes it's expensive and sometimes it's learnt too late.

 

One day, this'll be last year. You will have got through it. Go with your instinct and heart. Try not to over think what to do. Go with what you feel is the right thing to do. There's learning in every decision. Discuss it with your team leader.

 

Anyone bleating about employees and associated costs would do well to remember that, whilst we as the entrepreneurs develop the business, it would never get past a one man band without the effort of others.

[eggsarascal]

SSP is paid by the Employer for up to 28 weeks at a rate of £88.45/week, so it could total nearly £2.5k for someone that ain't able to work for you.

 

Anyone got any idea which political party lumbered small and large business with this bill?

[Joe Newton]

SSP is paid by the Employer for up to 28 weeks at a rate of £88.45/week, so it could total nearly £2.5k for someone that ain't able to work for you.

 

 

 

Anyone got any idea which political party lumbered small and large business with this bill?

 

 

And what about the employee? A broken ankle could happen entirely by accident, and without SSP that employee would be left with sod all income with bills to pay and mouths to feed.

[eggsarascal]

And what about the employee? A broken ankle could happen entirely by accident, and without SSP that employee would be left with sod all income with bills to pay and mouths to feed.

 

SSP has been paid out of our tax's for years, the employee used to get it off the Government. Since 2014 the Employer pays it. Fair or not?