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title: "Guide: Managing sick pay"
slug: "guide-managing-sick-pay"
description: "Explains how to set up OSP and SSP defaults, create OSP schemes, assign employees, and calculate and view sick pay claims."
updated: 2026-06-10T11:18:59Z
published: 2026-06-10T11:18:59Z
canonical: "help.cintra.co.uk/guide-managing-sick-pay"
---

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# Guide: Managing sick pay

Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) and Occupational Sick Pay (OSP) are paid automatically once a sickness entry has been made in the Calendar, provided the employee has entitlement. All sickness records are entered and maintained through the Calendar.

For more information about SSP entitlements, see [GOV.UK: Statutory Sick Pay](https://www.gov.uk/statutory-sick-pay.). For more general information about OSP, see W[hat are occupational sick pay (OSP) schemes?](/iq/docs/what-are-occupational-sick-pay-osp-schemes)

### Steps to take

1. [Set up OSP and/or SSP defaults](/iq/docs/how-do-i-set-stop-default-osp-or-ssp-offsets).
2. [Create new OSP schemes](/iq/docs/how-do-i-create-and-assign-employees-to-osps).
3. [Assign employees to OSP schemes](/iq/docs/how-do-i-assign-employees-to-occupational-sick-pay-osp-schemes).
4. [Create calendar events](/iq/docs/how-do-i-create-and-amend-calendar-events).
5. [Calculate sick pay](/iq/docs/how-do-i-calculate-sick-pay).
6. [View and update SSP claims](/iq/docs/how-do-i-view-adjust-override-update-ssp-claims).