RGDATA Sick Pay Survey

The government’s statutory sick pay scheme will be phased in over a four-year period, starting with three days per year in 2022, rising to five days payable in 2023- and seven-days payable in 2024. Employers will eventually cover the cost of 10 sick days per year in 2025. It’s being phased in to help employers, particularly small businesses, to plan ahead and manage the additional cost, which has been capped.

Sick pay will be paid by employers at a rate of 70% of an employee’s wage, subject to a daily threshold of €110. The daily earnings threshold of €110 is based on 2019 mean weekly earnings of €786.33 and equates to an annual salary of €40,889.16. It can be revised over time by ministerial order in line with inflation and changing incomes.

Please fill out the below sick pay survey.

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* 1. What is the name of your shop?

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* 2. What is the location of your shop?

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* 3. How many fulltime employees do you have?

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* 4. How many part-time employees do you have?

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* 5. Current sick leave provisions?

Uncertified Sick Leave

Certified Sick Leave

Remittance of Social Protection payments to employer

Top up on Social Protection payments

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* 6. What is the number of sick days taken by employees in 2019?

Certified Fulltime

Certified Part-time

Uncertified Fulltime

Uncertified Part-time

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* 7. What is the number of sick days taken by employees in 2020?

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Certified Part-time

Uncertified Fulltime

Uncertified Part-time

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* 8. The Government is proposing a new mandatory sick pay scheme in Ireland obliging employers to meet the cost of sick pay. Will such a scheme:

Increase the number of sick days that employees will take?

Create a sense of entitlement over sick days?

Add significantly to employment costs?

Make no difference to your current arrangements and costs?

All of the above?

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* 9. If you have chosen add significantly to employment costs in the above question 8, please let us know by how much'

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* 10. Do you believe that Ireland is out of step with other EU countries by not having a mandatory sick pay scheme?

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* 11. What can the State do to reduce the cost of statutory sick pay for employers?

Reduce Employer PRSI contributions?

Refund Sick Pay contributions to employers at the year end?

Provide an additional tax relief to employers for sick pay payments made over time?

Introduce other measures to avoid the creation of an entitlement?

Other measures?

All of the above?

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* 12. In addition to mandatory sick pay the Government is also looking at a Living Wage and auto-enrolment for pensions for employees as a suite of post COVID-19 reforms. What impact do you think these measures will have on your business?

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* 1. What is the name of your shop?

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* 2. What is the location of your shop?

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* 3. How many fulltime employees do you have?

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* 4. How many part-time employees do you have?

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* 5. Current sick leave provisions?

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* 6. What is the number of sick days taken by employees in 2019?

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* 7. What is the number of sick days taken by employees in 2020?

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* 8. The Government is proposing a new mandatory sick pay scheme in Ireland obliging employers to meet the cost of sick pay. Will such a scheme:

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* 9. If you have chosen add significantly to employment costs in the above question 8, please let us know by how much'

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* 10. Do you believe that Ireland is out of step with other EU countries by not having a mandatory sick pay scheme?

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* 11. What can the State do to reduce the cost of statutory sick pay for employers?

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* 12. In addition to mandatory sick pay the Government is also looking at a Living Wage and auto-enrolment for pensions for employees as a suite of post COVID-19 reforms. What impact do you think these measures will have on your business?

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* 13. Any other comments?