Scottish Employment Law

[granny grump]

Is paid sick leave a right of employment? I have a friend that works for a Scottish firm but works in Engand and despite having worked for them for almost 20 years is not entitled to paid sick leave. He is due to go in for a major operation and is worried about how he and his partner will cope

[bobbinwales]

Good employers pay OSP but AFAIK its not compulsory to offer it, some just make SSP (statutry sick pay) avaialble

[Buenchico]

He's entitled to Statutory Sick Pay
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/scotland/work/rights-at-work/sick-pay/check-if-youre-entitled-to-sick-pay
but no employees, anywhere in the country, are entitled to paid sick leave (i.e. on their normal pay) unless their contract specifically provides for it.

[granny grump]

Thank you both for your help

[woofgang]

Not sure what the law is in Scotland but in the UK unless its written into your conditions of employment then you are only entitled to SSP

[Peter Pedant]

it is very common for employers to sy they dont do sick pay ( meaning extra moolah over and above)
when the law says they have to pay SSP

for some people one doesnt equal the other ( when it may do)

[granny grump]

Thank you woofgang I have always worked for companies that paid sick leave and had obviously thought - wrongly -that every company did