My employee is pregnant and has gone off work sick because of a pregnancy related absence, do I pay SSP or SMP?
This depends on when the baby is due and the length of absence. If the employee is off work sick because of her pregnancy and the absence continues into, or starts within, the four week period starting on the Sunday of the fourth week before the week baby is due, there are special rules, see Pregnancy related absence.
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