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2nfo-t sick/akseht ●nd unable tO collect his w~$fe/BalarY on tha lqst
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ii. Dsfomant has ch”angod or start-d ● nev jog zi~d “;o~ “St bean ps id. ‘
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iii. Informant haa just wrkod ● week in hand.
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(llse-ount the informant ●xpects to earn should be coded for examplee
(ii) and (iii)).
2. Precede 3 covers cases where ‘mployers pay ~ the basic ktatutory sick PCy.
Check the smounts racorded at ~s. 4-8 with the SSP sect~on of the ‘Which
Benafit’ leaflet. Nefer sny discrepancies to S/V.
Sear in mind that employers rmcysnhance SSP so that the employee receives full
usual pay or a proportion of usual pay. Informants in this situstlon should not
have reached ~. 3 since they are receiving psy and SSP. Cbde 3 1s intended for
those only in receipt of SSP. Check that at Qn .~code 2 has been ringed, and
that at ~. 9(c) code 03 is ringed. tiso check that at Qn. 19(c) there is no
●ntry.
3. &ecode 4 include, all canes where the tiformnt has not earned any money ~i”ce
the date at Qn.
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1 eg.
IICheck D
i. Informant
ii. Informsnt
i-ii. Informant
also note
lV . Informant
has been unemployed since then.
han been on unpsld holiday.
is an employee of an agency and not @rking every week. (see
3 of Qn. 2).
has been on unpaid sick leave.
All year. Flag for S/V. Applies if Qn. 3 is coded 3.
llQns. 4-8 Take home and gross pay and deductions
Zeneral Points
{)1. Coding f,s and pence.
a. Pence should always bs coded as two digits. ,,,
b. l%e maximun number of digi~~ for Punda, ik giv~n at each question, on the
coding master. If the smoumt exceeds the’mdkimuu”’number of digits
permiss~le ad]ue.tthe t~e, period code at Qn. 2 a-ridrecalculate the
Smounts . If, however,
specify the snswer.
the msxtium
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i9 still cx’deeded use code 9S,
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c. Nil pounds equals O.
d. Ignore fractiona of pence.