Cannot pay half day company sick pay

Summary:

Statutory Sick Pay is configured in Calendar Days and pays whole days only.

Company Sick Pay allows payment of half days. However, even when the absence is entered as a half day, a whole day is paid.

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We have been advised this is due to using Calendar Days and that the solution, to allow half day payment of Company Sick Pay, is to create a separate absence type to be used only in case of half day absences, or to make manual adjustments whenever there is a half day sickness. Neither of these are ideal solutions – can anyone recommend another solution or share with us how they have achieved this requirement please?