The employee keeps the welfare payments and also receives company pay

If an employee keeps the illness benefit welfare payments paid by the Department of Social Protection and also receives pay from your company, you must record the employee's reduced salary on your payroll. Don't record the illness benefit payments in Sage Payroll.

The employee keeps the welfare payments but doesn't receive company pay

In cases where the employee keeps the illness benefit welfare payments but doesn't receive any pay from your company, you shouldn't save any timesheets during the periods of their sick leave. This is because your company is not making any payment to the employee.

To ensure that you don't save any timesheets in error for this employee, you should suspend the employee from your payroll. When the employee returns back to work, you can then reinstate them and record their normal wages. Don't record the illness benefit payments they received in Sage Payroll.

My company gets the welfare payments and pays the employee

When your company gets the illness benefit payments paid by the Department of Social Protection and pays the employee their normal (or reduced) wages, you must record the illness benefit amounts on your payroll as a non-taxable payment. Find out how >

My company gets the welfare payments but doesn't pay the employee wages

When your company gets the illness benefit payments paid by the Department of Social Protection but doesn't pay the employee any wages, you must record the illness benefit amounts on your payroll as a non-taxable payment. Find out how >

I've processed illness benefit payments in error

If you've incorrectly processed illness benefit payments for an employee on your payroll, you must amend each period in the ETP of the employee's record. Find out how >