Form

Statutory Sick Pay: record sheet (SSP2)

Use form SSP2 if you're an employer and need to record details of an employee's sickness absences for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP).

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Published: 4 April 2014
• Last updated: 6 April 2026 — See all updates

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Statutory Sick Pay: record sheet (SSP2)

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Details

Use form SSP2 to record details of an employee’s Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) if you’re an employer.

Email HMRC to ask for this form in Welsh (Cymraeg).

How to complete the form

You need to:

1. Download and save the form on your computer.
2. Open it using the latest free version of Adobe Reader.
3. Complete it on-screen.

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Related forms and guidance

Statutory Sick Pay: no employee entitlement (SSP1)
Use this form if a sick employee isn’t entitled to SSP or if your payments of SSP to an employee end. Your employee will need it to make a claim for Incapacity Benefit.

Statutory Sick Pay (SSP): employer guide
Guidance on rates, form SSP1, eligibility, fit notes (formerly sick notes) and how to recover statutory pay.

Published 4 April 2014

Last updated 6 April 2026 + show all updates

1. 6 April 2026

   Statutory Sick Pay: record sheet (SSP2) has been updated to reflect changes brought in by the Employment Rights Act 2025, to remove the waiting period before SSP can be made. The form can now be filled in onscreen. A Welsh translation has been added.

2. 4 April 2014

   First published.