Benefits, not enough stamp etc

Mojisola

stazi wrote: »

But to get IB in Youth you do need to be sick for 28 weeks first. At week 23, a form IBY22 should be issued by JCP to invite a claim to IBY from the 197th day.

We don't know what the illness is and whether it was affecting the OP before it got so bad that he/she couldn't work. It is possible to manage at uni because your working hours are flexible but not be able to maintain regular working hours.

I understood the OP to say that he/she was refused Young Persons rules because there were not enough NI contributions. If so, someone in the office doesn't understand what they're doing.

The contributions record rule does throw up some unfairness - stay-at-home mothers who become ill are not able to claim IB nor are people who have given up work to become carers and nobody in the first few years of their working life will have paid enough NI contributions in the relevant years.

healy

Mojisola wrote: »

We don't know what the illness is and whether it was affecting the OP before it got so bad that he/she couldn't work. It is possible to manage at uni because your working hours are flexible but not be able to maintain regular working hours.

I understood the OP to say that he/she was refused Young Persons rules because there were not enough NI contributions. If so, someone in the office doesn't understand what they're doing.

The contributions record rule does throw up some unfairness - stay-at-home mothers who become ill are not able to claim IB nor are people who have given up work to become carers and nobody in the first few years of their working life will have paid enough NI contributions in the relevant years.

People who have given up work to become Carers and claim Carers Allowance can claim IB at a later date because they are passported through the usual contribution requirements if they have worked in the past and paid enough National Insurance in any year.

GlasweJen

The OP has mentioned working PT while at uni so presumably she hasn't always been incapacitated and so will probably not get incap in youth though she might be hit with a bill for the undeclared income if it ever gets out.

ReclusiveEnigma

GlasweJen wrote: »

The OP has mentioned working PT while at uni so presumably she hasn't always been incapacitated and so will probably not get incap in youth though she might be hit with a bill for the undeclared income if it ever gets out.

The income I earned was about 150 pounds and only during my first year of uni, I thought you only had to declare it if you earned over a certain amount in a year.

I didn't work during the next three years of uni because I am dyslexic which meant doing assignments etc took longer and therefore I didn't have time to work.

I hope no one thinks I am trying to be sly or being dishonest as this is genuinely not the case.

GlasweJen

dyslexia stopped you working? I don't know wether to laugh or cry. I'm neurologically impaired, suffer from uncontrolable neurocardiogenic syncope, i have a pacemaker, i'm dyslexic, dyspraxic and i work 19 hours a week while at uni full time. As it happens I qualify for IBIY due to my complex needs but i manage to work. I don't know how anyone of your age can turn around and label themselves incapacitated, hell my 17 year old sister who can't walk has managed to get a job to fit around her college work - ironically at a gym but that's not the point. The point is that you don't seem to qualify for IB be it due to needing stamps paid or perhaps because you've not been sick long enough.

ReclusiveEnigma

GlasweJen wrote: »

dyslexia stopped you working? I don't know wether to laugh or cry. I'm neurologically impaired, suffer from uncontrolable neurocardiogenic syncope, i have a pacemaker, i'm dyslexic, dyspraxic and i work 19 hours a week while at uni full time. As it happens I qualify for IBIY due to my complex needs but i manage to work. I don't know how anyone of your age can turn around and label themselves incapacitated, hell my 17 year old sister who can't walk has managed to get a job to fit around her college work - ironically at a gym but that's not the point. The point is that you don't seem to qualify for IB be it due to needing stamps paid or perhaps because you've not been sick long enough.

I'm not signed off work because of my dyslexia. Well done on managing to work despite your problems, I wish you all the best for the future. You are truely inspiring.

GlasweJen

I didn't work during the next three years of uni because I am dyslexic which meant doing assignments etc took longer and therefore I didn't have time to work.

I was referring to the above when i asked if dyslexia stopped you working.

ReclusiveEnigma

I prioritised my degree over part time work, which has apparently been my downfall. Had I not gotten ill then perhaps it would have been a positive thing to achieve.

Pink_fluff

the only job you have ever had was cash in hand, meaning you have never paid NI or tax?? How can you possibly expect to receive benefits!!! Who do you think is funding you to sit there all day and not have a job!

ReclusiveEnigma

Pink_fluff wrote: »

the only job you have ever had was cash in hand, meaning you have never paid NI or tax?? How can you possibly expect to receive benefits!!! Who do you think is funding you to sit there all day and not have a job!

Yes the only job I had was cash in hand, however I only worked a couple of shifts and didn't earn enough to pay tax anyhow. I would truely love to be in a position right now to be working full time and wouldn't have a problem with paying tax or NI, I have admiration for anyone who is doing that.