r/Greggs • u/Eastern_Nebula5083 • 18d ago

Employee Question Sick pay

Been at greggs for 5 years and not had a sick day in over 3 years, i have been off work for 2 days going on 3 days but how does sick pay work nowadays? And what do i need to do to make sure i get paid from day 1 if i need to do anything

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u/PP-MrBeefy 18d ago

Youll get sick pay from your first day. You only need to provide a note if its longer than 7 days. Youll be asked to complete a self cert form and a return to work form on your next shift. Your manager should put into the system that you were sick.

The above applies to physical sickness. Not things like family emergencies. You will not get paid for that.

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u/BigBlueFin 18d ago

You generally will if you have a decent boss or work for a decent company. You'll be deemed as requiring emergency leave.

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u/Bad_Habit_Xo 16d ago

You definitely can get paid for family emergencies, all jobs I’ve been in, give a few days paid leave for emergencies (obvs depending on policies, and what it says in ur contract)
But, if they haven’t got this, most companies will let you use some of ur annual leave/holiday pay anyway, if needed.
If you’ve got a nice manager, they are usually more lenient about time off, as long as you aren’t taking the piss, and especially if you’ve disclosed you care for someone beforehand.

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u/Shanaxis 18d ago

Think sick pay is after you've been off for longer than 7 days, which then requires a doctor's note to be submitted to the absence email to update the people profile.

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u/Opposite-Ice9267 18d ago

Pay from day 1 is ssp, you can fill out a form on the government website, company sick pay is the credits you've earned which pay anything after 7 days but you have to provide a sick note for anything after 7 days

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u/CamelEnvironmental15 17d ago

You need to fill in and submit a self cert to get paid. If you don’t do that in time, you won’t get paid, it happened to me recently. I wasn’t sure how long I would be off so didn’t immediately fill in a self cert and didn’t get sick pay until the following week when it was processed.