2. Do you qualify?
Three terms are used when deciding whether you qualify for SSP:
•SSP period of incapacity for work;
•period of entitlement; and
•qualifying days.
You can be paid SSP only if you are sick on a qualifying day and your days of sickness form part of an SSP period of incapacity for work that comes within a period of entitlement. The three qualifying conditions are explained in 3 to 5 below.