1. Click Payroll, then Change Process Date.
2. Enter the required process date, then click OK.
3. Double-click the employee, then click Absence.
4. Click S.S.P. then click holiday and absence qualifying patterns >
5. Enter the date of the Sunday on which the first or only pattern starts.
6. Ensure the Manual Statutory Sick Pay Calculations check box is clear.
7. Click OK.
8. If prompted that the pattern or qualifying start date has changed, click Yes.
9. Click Save, then click Close.

1. Select the employee, click Payroll.
2. Click Enter Payments, click SSP /Parental Leave.
3. Click and drag to select the date range.
4. Right-click and click SSP, then Due to sickness.
5. If applicable, enter a comment, then click OK.
6. Check that the absence diary displays the correct characters for the dates you entered.
   • x - Waiting day within a pay period, not yet updated
   • p - Paid day within a pay period, not yet updated
   • - - Non-qualifying day within a pay period, not yet updated. For example a Saturday or Sunday if the employee works Monday to Friday
     TIP: Lower case characters indicate days that have been recorded but not yet paid to the employee. Upper case characters indicate sickness that has been paid in a previous period.
7. If the characters are incorrect, you need to change the qualifying day pattern.
8. Check that the S.S.P. Payable box displays the correct amount of SSP for the current pay period.
9. Check that the S.S.P. Weeks box displays the correct number of weeks.
10. If a warning message appears stating the the employee's average earnings are too low, click OK.
11. Click Recording S.S.P, then click No.
12. Click Earnings during set period, click OK.
13. Check the payment information.
14. The values in the table automatically update when you process and update the relevant pay periods and can't then be amended.
15. Click OK, then Save.
16. Click Close.

You're now ready to process your payroll and if required, adjust the employee's other payments.