Statutory Sick Pay: how different employment types affect what you pay

Find out about different rules for entitlement that affect some employment types, including agency workers, directors and educational workers. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.

• Casual, short-term and zero hour contracts
• If the employee has had at least 3 months' continuous employment with you
• If the employee has not had 3 months' continuous employment with you
• Agency workers
• Self-employed agency workers
• Educational workers
• If the employee has a contract that continues throughout the year, including between term times
• If the employee has a contract that only lasts for the school term, and not outside of term times
• Where one contract ends and a new one begins
• Employees with one or more contracts
• If earnings are aggregated
• If earnings are not aggregated, including where the employee may have 2 separate jobs or contracts
• Agricultural workers
• Directors
• If a director is paid contractually by a regular salary
• If a director is paid only by a formal resolution

• v1.016/09/2026