Section 3: Discretionary benefits

Barnardo's Discretionary Occupational Sick Pay Scheme

Subject to length of service and provided reporting conditions set out in the 'Supporting Colleagues Health, Wellbeing and Sickness Absence Policy' are complied with, if you are absent due to sickness you may be eligible to receive discretionary sickness payments.

Please note that Barnardo’s has two levels of discretionary occupational sick pay; one for colleagues with a continuous start date on or before 31st March 2016 and one for colleagues with a continuous start date on or after 1st April 2016. Payments in both schemes may include Statutory Sick Pay.

Please see the Sickness Payment Schemes document on Inside Barnardo’s for full details, including eligibility criteria. Full details of absence notification requirements are set out in the Supporting Colleague Health, Wellbeing and Sickness Absence Policy and Procedures for Managing Sickness Absence.