Funding available to top-up sick pay for Supporting People Workers in the Community and Voluntary Sector

Following discussions with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE), UNISON can announce that additional covid-19 funding to aid Supporting People Providers in the Community and Voluntary Sector can be used to top-up salaries of workers who are on Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) or half pay due to covid related illness and self isolation.

Employers who are Supporting People providers can now apply to the NIHE for funding to cover the costs of topping-up workers salaries to full pay from November.

If you are currently unable to attend work due to self isolating or covid related illness and are only in receipt of SSP or your salary has been reduced to half pay, contact your employer and ask that they apply to the NIHE for funding to top your pay up to full salary.