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title: "How do I exclude an employee's statutory sickness pay/statutory maternity pay?"
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# How do I exclude an employee's statutory sickness pay/statutory maternity pay?

**Statutory Sick Pay Claims** are automatically created when sickness records are created in the **Calendar**.

For more information, see [**How Do I Create Calendar Events?**](/iq/docs/how-do-i-create-and-amend-calendar-events)

## To exclude an employee's SSP

1. Navigate to the **Sick Pay** window. Go to **Cintra iQ**: Employment Record > Forms > Sick Pay.
2. Navigate to the **Statutory tab > Claims for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)** pane.
3. Open the desired **SSP Claim**. The **SSP Claim** window appears.
4. Navigate to the **Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)** tab.
5. Click the **Exclusion Settings** button. The **SSP Exclusion Reasons** form appears.
6. Select the desired exclusion reason.
7. Click the **OK** button. The exclusion reason is appears in the **Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)** tab's **Reason for exclusion** field.

## To clear the SSP's exclusion reason

1. Navigate to the **Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)** tab. Click the **Exclusion Settings** button. The **SSP Exclusion Reasons** form appears.
2. Click the **Clear Exclusion** button.
3. Click the **OK** button to save. The exclusion reason is removed from the **Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)** tab's **Reason for exclusion** field.

Within **Cintra iQ**, you can create a **Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP)** claim for an employee who is going on maternity leave. This includes

1. Setting up **Maternity Pay** details
2. Creating a **Maternity Payment Schedule**

Before you begin to set up a **Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP)** claim, you must create a **Maternity Leave** calendar event. The **Calendar of Events** is the core control record for each employee which will hold all periods of absence.

Once the **Maternity Pay** details are set up, you can exclude an employee from receiving **SMP**.

## To override earnings

1. Navigate to the **Maternity Pay** tab. Go to **Cintra iQ:** Employment Record > Forms > Parental Payments
2. Open the desired record. The **SMP Claim** window appears.
3. Navigate to the **Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP)** tab.
4. Click the **Exclusion Settings** button. The **SMP Exclusion Reasons** form appears.
5. Select the desired reason.
6. Enter the date the **SMP** is stopped, if applicable.
7. Click the **OK** button. The reason appears in **Statutory Maternity (SMP)** tab.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** You can remove the exclusion notice from the claim by clicking the **Clear Exclusion** button within the **SMP Exclusion Reasons** form.