Part VIIProvision of Information

Statutory sick pay and other benefits

122 Duties of employers - statutory sick pay and claims for other benefits.

1

Regulations may make provision requiring an employer, in a case falling within subsection (3) below to furnish information in connection with the making, by a person who is, or has been, an employee of that employer, of a claim for—

F1a

short-term incapacity benefit;

b

a maternity allowance;

F2c

long-term incapacity benefit;

d

industrial injuries benefit; or

e

a severe disablement allowance.

2

Regulations under this section shall prescribe—

a

the kind of information to be furnished in accordance with the regulations;

b

the person to whom information of the prescribed kind is to be furnished; and

c

the manner in which, and period within which, it is to be furnished.

3

The cases are—

a

where, by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 11 to the Contributions and Benefits Act or of regulations made under paragraph 1 of that Schedule, a period of entitlement does not arise in relation to a period of incapacity for work;

b

where a period of entitlement has come to an end but the period of incapacity for work which was running immediately before the period of entitlement came to an end continues; and

c

where a period of entitlement has not come to an end but, on the assumption that—

i

the period of incapacity for work in question continues to run for a prescribed period; and

ii

there is no material change in circumstances,

the period of entitlement will have ended on or before the end of the prescribed period.

4

Regulations—

a

may require employers to maintain such records in connection with statutory sick pay as may be prescribed;

b

may provide for—

i

any person claiming to be entitled to statutory sick pay; or

ii

any other person who is a party to proceedings arising under Part XI of the Contributions and Benefits Act,

to furnish to the Department, within a prescribed period, any information required for the determination of any question arising in connection therewith; and

c

may require employers who have made payments of statutory sick pay to furnish to the Department such documents and information, at such times, as may be prescribed.