Section E

ILL HEALTH - SICK PAY SCHEME

2. ABSENCES OF FOUR OR MORE DAYS

Officer: Absences through illness of four or more days will require the civil servant to complete a Department of Health and Social Security form SC1 (available from doctors' surgeries, hospitals, Department of Health and Social Security offices or pay sections) to ensure the correct allocation of sickness benefit in respect of the first week. The completed SC1 form should be fastened to the completed self-certificate and submitted to the Line Manager.

Line Manager/Payroll: The completed form should be fastened to the completed self-certificate and/or doctor's certificate and submitted via the Line Manager to the appropriate pay section/department’s HR division for onward transmission to the Department of Health and Social Security.

Once submitted, form SC1 entitles:

• the officer to receive the element of pay which is incapacity benefit tax free and to reduce NI contributions;
• the incapacity benefit to be reclaimed from the Social Security division by the employing department whilst the officer remains on full pay (when the officer goes to less than full pay, they can claim incapacity benefit directly).

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