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.