Can an employee be paid SSP whilst being on paid holiday?
An employee is either on holiday or they are off sick. If the employee is on holiday then they are not working, as they are not working they can’t be off work sick. SSP is only paid whilst you would otherwise be working and is meant to provide a minimum income whilst not being paid. If you are off sick and receiving SSP holiday pay can’t be used to top it up as holidays have to be physically taken and are not allowed to be ‘paid up’, so, as above, the employee is either on holiday or off sick but not both. There has been a tribunal case where an employee was on holiday but became sick, in that specific case it was judged that the employee was entitled to SSP / or compnay sick pay and that they would be bale to re take their holiday (they seem to have forgotten that if you are not working you can’t be off ill in this case!).
