Irish employers, HR professionals, and payroll managers responsible for employee benefits and regulatory compliance.
This guide provides practical steps to handle statutory sick pay effectively, ensuring WRC compliance, consistent application, and accurate record-keeping to avoid issues.
Key Takeaways
- Statutory sick pay Ireland is not a big number but a high-visibility compliance item.
- The WRC looks for it, employees know about it, and record-keeping is specific.
- Employers should set the policy and train managers to apply it consistently.
- Keep the log up to date and pay the right amount on the right day.
- This constitutes ninety per cent of the job.

Statutory sick pay Ireland is not a big number, but it is a high-visibility tax compliance item: the WRC looks for it, employees know about it, and the record-keeping is specific. It is important that you set the policy, train your managers to apply it consistently, keep the log up to date, and pay the right amount on the right day. That is ninety per cent of the job.

Laura Ryan is a practising Barrister at the Bar of Ireland. She graduated from the Honourable Society of King’s Inns in 2024, having previously qualified and practised as a Chartered Accountant in a big four accounting firm.












