{
  "nhs_afc": {
    "name": "NHS Agenda for Change",
    "qualifyingMonths": 0,
    "tiers": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "toYears": 1, "fullPayMonths": 1, "halfPayMonths": 2 },
      { "fromYears": 1, "toYears": 2, "fullPayMonths": 2, "halfPayMonths": 2 },
      { "fromYears": 2, "toYears": 3, "fullPayMonths": 4, "halfPayMonths": 4 },
      { "fromYears": 3, "toYears": 5, "fullPayMonths": 5, "halfPayMonths": 5 },
      { "fromYears": 5, "fullPayMonths": 6, "halfPayMonths": 6 }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "NHS Terms and Conditions. Entitlement depends on length of continuous service. SSP is part of (not on top of) occupational pay. Self-cert up to 7 days; fit note after."
  },
  "nhs_junior_doctor": {
    "name": "NHS Junior Doctor",
    "qualifyingMonths": 0,
    "tiers": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "toYears": 1, "fullPayMonths": 1, "halfPayMonths": 2 },
      { "fromYears": 1, "toYears": 2, "fullPayMonths": 2, "halfPayMonths": 2 },
      { "fromYears": 2, "toYears": 3, "fullPayMonths": 4, "halfPayMonths": 4 },
      { "fromYears": 3, "toYears": 5, "fullPayMonths": 5, "halfPayMonths": 5 },
      { "fromYears": 5, "fullPayMonths": 6, "halfPayMonths": 6 }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "Typically aligned with AfC or similar. Check your contract and employer."
  },
  "teachers_pay": {
    "name": "School Teachers",
    "qualifyingMonths": 0,
    "tiers": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "toYears": 1, "fullPayDays": 25, "halfPayDays": 50, "halfPayAfterMonths": 4 },
      { "fromYears": 1, "toYears": 2, "fullPayDays": 50, "halfPayDays": 50 },
      { "fromYears": 2, "toYears": 3, "fullPayDays": 75, "halfPayDays": 75 },
      { "fromYears": 3, "fullPayDays": 100, "halfPayDays": 100 }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "Burgundy Book (section 4, para 2.1). Entitlement is counted in working days each sick leave year (1 April to 31 March); school closure days do not count. In the first year, half pay starts only after four calendar months' service. SSP is included, not added on top. Part-time: pro-rata. Academies may have their own policy, so check yours.",
    "source": "Burgundy Book (Conditions of Service for School Teachers in England and Wales) section 4 para 2.1, as published by Dorset Council (https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/w/sick-pay-scheme-for-teachers-burgundy-book): during the first year of service, full pay for 25 working days and, after completing four calendar months' service, half pay for 50 working days. Checked 2026-10-09."
  },
  "civil_service": {
    "name": "Civil Service",
    "qualifyingMonths": 0,
    "tiers": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "toYears": 1, "fullPayMonths": 1, "halfPayMonths": 1 },
      { "fromYears": 1, "toYears": 2, "fullPayMonths": 2, "halfPayMonths": 2 },
      { "fromYears": 2, "toYears": 3, "fullPayMonths": 3, "halfPayMonths": 3 },
      { "fromYears": 3, "toYears": 4, "fullPayMonths": 4, "halfPayMonths": 4 },
      { "fromYears": 4, "fullPayMonths": 5, "halfPayMonths": 5 }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "Civil Service modernised terms, which cover staff who joined after their department changed its sick pay (28/4/2014 at Defra, for example): full pay and half pay rise with service, from 1 month of each in your first year to 5 months of each after 4 years, with no more than 10 months' sick pay in any rolling four years. If you joined before your department's change, you may be on the older scale of 6 months' full pay and 6 months' half pay, with no more than 12 months in any four years. Each department sets its own policy, so check yours.",
    "source": "Defra Sick Pay Policy (April 2014), released under FOI2022/26662 Annex L (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/63eb7f5fd3bf7f62e5f76b67/FOI2022_26662_Annex_L_-_Sick_pay_policy.pdf), and Defra Annex G, Sickness entitlement of employees (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67bf1a80a0f0c95a498d1fbc/Annex_G-_Sickness_entitlement_of_employees.pdf): appointed on or after 28/4/2014, 1 month full + 1 month half pay in the 1st year, 2 + 2 in the 2nd, 3 + 3 in the 3rd, 4 + 4 in the 4th and 5 + 5 after 4 years, up to 10 months in a four-year rolling period; appointed before, 6 + 6 up to 12 months in four years. Ministry of Justice (HMPPS) employee package section 5.7 confirms the modernised, service-based scale with the same 10-month cap (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/looking-after-our-people-the-prison-service-employee-package/looking-after-our-people-the-prison-service-employee-package--2). Checked 2026-10-09."
  },
  "local_government": {
    "name": "NJC Green Book",
    "qualifyingMonths": 0,
    "tiers": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "toYears": 1, "fullPayMonths": 1, "halfPayMonths": 2, "halfPayAfterMonths": 4 },
      { "fromYears": 1, "toYears": 2, "fullPayMonths": 2, "halfPayMonths": 2 },
      { "fromYears": 2, "toYears": 3, "fullPayMonths": 4, "halfPayMonths": 4 },
      { "fromYears": 3, "toYears": 5, "fullPayMonths": 5, "halfPayMonths": 5 },
      { "fromYears": 5, "fullPayMonths": 6, "halfPayMonths": 6 }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "NJC Green Book (Part 2, para 10.3): full pay and half pay rise with continuous service, from 1 month of full pay in your first year (plus 2 months of half pay once you have completed four months' service) to 6 months of each after 5 years. Paid sick leave in the 12 months before your absence starts is deducted, so this is the most you could get. Your council can extend sick pay in exceptional cases.",
    "source": "NJC for Local Government Services, National Agreement on Pay and Conditions of Service (Green Book, 1/5/2024) Part 2 paras 10.3 and 10.4, council-published copy https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/media/0gokyg2v/green-book-may-2024.pdf (during 1st year of service 1 month's full pay and, after completing 4 months' service, 2 months' half pay; absence in the twelve months before the first day of absence is deducted). Checked 2026-10-09."
  },
  "police_pay": {
    "name": "Police Regulations 2003 (Annex K)",
    "qualifyingMonths": 0,
    "noServiceStep": true,
    "ref": "Police Regulations 2003 (Annex K)",
    "tiers": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "fullPayMonths": 6, "halfPayMonths": 6 }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "Police officers of every rank, from their first day: full pay for six months in any 12-month period, then half pay for six months (Police Regulations 2003, regulation 28 and Annex K). There is no service step. Paid sick leave in the 12 months before your absence starts is deducted, so this is the most you could get. Your chief officer can extend full or half pay in a particular case. PCSOs and other police staff have a different scale.",
    "source": "Home Office, Police Regulations 2003 determinations, Annex K paras 1 to 3 (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-regulations-2003-and-secretary-of-state-determinations-under-those-regulations); regulation 28 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/527/regulation/28). Checked 2026-10-07."
  },
  "police_staff": {
    "name": "Police Staff Council (police staff, including PCSOs)",
    "qualifyingMonths": 0,
    "tiers": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "toYears": 1, "fullPayMonths": 1, "halfPayMonths": 2, "halfPayAfterMonths": 4 },
      { "fromYears": 1, "toYears": 2, "fullPayMonths": 2, "halfPayMonths": 2 },
      { "fromYears": 2, "toYears": 3, "fullPayMonths": 4, "halfPayMonths": 4 },
      { "fromYears": 3, "toYears": 5, "fullPayMonths": 5, "halfPayMonths": 5 },
      { "fromYears": 5, "fullPayMonths": 6, "halfPayMonths": 6 }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "Police Staff Council handbook (March 2026), Section 4: full pay and half pay rise with continuous service, from 1 month of full pay in the first year (plus 2 months of half pay once you have completed four months' service) to 6 months of each after 5 years. Paid sick leave in the 12 months before your absence starts is deducted. This is a minimum: some forces give more, and a few forces do not use Police Staff Council terms. Check your force.",
    "source": "Police Staff Council handbook (March 2026), Section 4 paras 1.2 to 1.7 and 2 (https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/workforce-and-hr-support/police/police-staff/police-staff-council-handbook). Checked 2026-10-07."
  },
  "fire_rescue": {
    "name": "Grey Book (national fire and rescue terms)",
    "qualifyingMonths": 0,
    "noServiceStep": true,
    "ref": "the Grey Book (national fire and rescue terms)",
    "tiers": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "fullPayMonths": 6, "halfPayMonths": 6 }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "Grey Book (NJC for Local Authority Fire and Rescue Services, 7th edition, April 2025), Section 4 Part B: full pay for six months in any 12-month period from your first day, then your service may reduce pay by up to half for six months. There is no service step. If the illness or injury came from your duties, full pay lasts 12 months. Paid sick leave in the 12 months before your absence starts is deducted, and your service can extend sick pay in exceptional cases. Fire staff on council (Green Book) terms have a service-based scale instead.",
    "source": "NJC for Local Authority Fire and Rescue Services, Scheme of Conditions of Service (Grey Book) 7th edition, April 2025, Section 4 Part B paras 9 to 14 (https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/workforce-and-hr-support/fire-and-rescue-workforce-support/fire-and-rescue-services-24 ; published copy https://www.cumbriafire.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2025-06/April%202025%207th%20edition%20-%20Grey%20Book.pdf). Checked 2026-10-07."
  },
  "fire_rescue_brigade": {
    "name": "Gold Book (brigade managers)",
    "qualifyingMonths": 0,
    "noServiceStep": true,
    "ref": "the Gold Book (national brigade manager terms)",
    "tiers": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "fullPayMonths": 6, "halfPayMonths": 6 }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "Gold Book (NJC for Brigade Managers of Fire and Rescue Services, 6th edition, 2025), paras 14 to 19: full pay for the first six months in any one-year period, then at least half pay for six months, at your fire and rescue authority's discretion. There is no service step. If the illness or injury came from your duties, full pay lasts a year. Paid sick leave in the 12 months before your absence starts is deducted. In every other respect your sick pay must be no less favourable than an area manager's.",
    "source": "NJC for Brigade Managers of Fire and Rescue Services, Gold Book 6th edition (circular of 12/8/2025), paras 14 to 19 (https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/workforce-and-hr-support/fire-and-rescue-workforce-support/brigade-managers/gold-book ; published copy https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/downloads/file/10379/national-joint-council-for-brigade-managers-publication-of-the-sixth-edition-of-the-gold-book). Checked 2026-10-07."
  },
  "armed_forces": {
    "name": "Armed Forces",
    "qualifyingMonths": 0,
    "tiers": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "fullPayMonths": 6, "halfPayMonths": 6 }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "Service regulations. Entitlement can vary by service and circumstances. Check JSP."
  },
  "courts_judiciary": {
    "name": "Courts and Judiciary",
    "qualifyingMonths": 0,
    "tiers": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "toYears": 1, "fullPayMonths": 1, "halfPayMonths": 1 },
      { "fromYears": 1, "toYears": 2, "fullPayMonths": 2, "halfPayMonths": 2 },
      { "fromYears": 2, "toYears": 3, "fullPayMonths": 3, "halfPayMonths": 3 },
      { "fromYears": 3, "toYears": 4, "fullPayMonths": 4, "halfPayMonths": 4 },
      { "fromYears": 4, "fullPayMonths": 5, "halfPayMonths": 5 }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "Court and tribunal staff (HM Courts and Tribunals Service) are Ministry of Justice civil servants, so they follow Civil Service sick pay: on modernised terms, from 1 month of full pay and 1 month of half pay in your first year to 5 months of each after 4 years, with no more than 10 months' sick pay in any rolling four years. Judges hold office rather than being employees and have their own terms, so this does not apply to them. Check your policy.",
    "source": "Fallback only: court staff calculator pages use the civil_service key and judge pages are guide only (data/role-tool-eligibility.json). Tiers mirror civil_service: Defra Sick Pay Policy FOI2022/26662 Annex L (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/63eb7f5fd3bf7f62e5f76b67/FOI2022_26662_Annex_L_-_Sick_pay_policy.pdf) and Ministry of Justice (HMPPS) employee package section 5.7 (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/looking-after-our-people-the-prison-service-employee-package/looking-after-our-people-the-prison-service-employee-package--2). Checked 2026-10-09."
  },
  "probation_prisons": {
    "name": "Probation and Prisons",
    "qualifyingMonths": 0,
    "tiers": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "toYears": 1, "fullPayMonths": 1, "halfPayMonths": 2 },
      { "fromYears": 1, "toYears": 2, "fullPayMonths": 2, "halfPayMonths": 2 },
      { "fromYears": 2, "toYears": 5, "fullPayMonths": 5, "halfPayMonths": 5 },
      { "fromYears": 5, "fullPayMonths": 6, "halfPayMonths": 6 }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "HMPPS / employer policy. Often similar to civil service or NJC."
  },
  "fe_pay": {
    "name": "Further Education",
    "qualifyingMonths": 0,
    "tiers": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "toYears": 2, "fullPayMonths": 2, "halfPayMonths": 2 },
      { "fromYears": 2, "toYears": 4, "fullPayMonths": 4, "halfPayMonths": 4 },
      { "fromYears": 4, "fullPayMonths": 6, "halfPayMonths": 6 }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "College/employer policy. AoC or similar. Check your college."
  },
  "he_pay": {
    "name": "Higher Education",
    "qualifyingMonths": 0,
    "tiers": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "toYears": 2, "fullPayMonths": 2, "halfPayMonths": 2 },
      { "fromYears": 2, "toYears": 4, "fullPayMonths": 4, "halfPayMonths": 4 },
      { "fromYears": 4, "fullPayMonths": 6, "halfPayMonths": 6 }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "Institutional policy. Check your university."
  },
  "transport_bodies": {
    "name": "Transport Bodies",
    "qualifyingMonths": 0,
    "tiers": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "toYears": 5, "fullPayMonths": 4, "halfPayMonths": 4 },
      { "fromYears": 5, "fullPayMonths": 6, "halfPayMonths": 6 }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "Varies by employer. Illustrative. Check your employer."
  },
  "default": {
    "name": "Public sector (illustrative)",
    "qualifyingMonths": 0,
    "tiers": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "toYears": 5, "fullPayMonths": 4, "halfPayMonths": 4 },
      { "fromYears": 5, "fullPayMonths": 6, "halfPayMonths": 6 }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "Illustrative. Check your employer and contract for actual sick pay entitlement."
  }
}