NIM07011 | Class 1 NICs: Payments made under employment legislation: Medical suspension payments: NICs treatment

Sections 64 and 70 Employment Rights Act 1996

A medical suspension payment is earnings within the definition in section 3(1) of the Social Security Contributions & Benefits Act 1992. The amount of the medical suspension payment should be included in the gross amount of the employee’s earnings for the relevant earnings period, and NICs calculated in the normal way on the gross amount.

For information about:

• what a medical suspension payment is, see NIM07010

• the meaning of “earnings”, see NIM02010

• earnings periods, see NIM08000 onwards.