what other benefits?

a_p_p_l_e

hi all!

i am employed but not working at the moment due to health condition therefore i have no means of income. i have been off work for more than a year and received SSP from my employer until April. I am now in the process of claiming for housing benefit and ESA. i just wanted to know what other benefits I am entitled as I am renting privately and deeply worried what I will get is not enough even to cover my rent.

dmg24

If you are currently employed you should not be claiming JSA, as that is for people who are actively seeking work. If you are not fit for work you should claim Employment and Support Allowance.

Quiet_Life

"If you are sick after 28 weeks of occupational sick pay your employer must complete form SSP1 for you to claim Employment Support Allowance."
Taken from the link here
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/Illorinjured/DG_175854

Benefits_Bod

If it turns out you are required to claim ESA (and assuming you are entitled), there is a limited provision potentially allowing you to work legitimately. It's widely know as "permitted work" (previously therapeutic earnings); referred to in the ESA regulations as "exempt work".

In short, it is possible (depending on your circumstances) to earn a maximum of £93.00 (in any single week), with hours being less than 16 per week (on average). No "permission" or corroborative evidence from a GP is required.

There are exceptions, so it will be sensible to seek advice directly from the DWP before looking at this. This arrangement is subject to a maximum period of 52 weeks.

dmg24

Benefits_Bod wrote: »

If it turns out you are required to claim ESA (and assuming you are entitled), there is a limited provision potentially allowing you to work legitimately. It's widely know as "permitted work" (previously therapeutic earnings); referred to in the ESA regulations as "exempt work".

In short, it is possible (depending on your circumstances) to earn a maximum of £93.00 (in any single week), with hours being less than 16 per week (on average). No "permission" or corroborative evidence from a GP is required.

There are exceptions, so it will be sensible to seek advice directly from the DWP before looking at this. This arrangement is subject to a maximum period of 52 weeks.

The OP is still employed. Whilst the DWP may allow them to work, it would be likely to give their current employer sufficient grounds to dismiss them.

a_p_p_l_e

today, i submittted the documents needed for ESA.

here are my concerns:

how long will i be able to get this benefit as at the moment i am employed but not working. i read from some of the posts here that they do review who qualified or not.

who will sign me off for disability?

i would love to come back to work but work said, they have no position suitable for me.

therefore, they will file my case for hearing for dismissal which could take for awhile.

a_p_p_l_e

hurt my back at work.

during the meetings with them they told me not to worry about my work.

seven-day-weekend

BigFatMan wrote: »

How on earth can you be employed if you are no longer working for the company, and haven't done for over 1year??

Why would the company have kept your contract on-going, and actually paid you a salary, while you didn't showup for work for the entire year? :S
And even if they did some how for some reason do that, they must surely have realised by now that as the company has functioned fine without you for over 1year now that infact they were just wasting money paying your salary for that job, as the role isn't necessary.

Sorry if it sounds harsh, but what you've posted just is very confusing.

Why is it confusing?

My husband, now retired, was off work sick for over a year. He got paid all that time, first full pay and then half pay. He then returned to workwhen his health had improved, which was about thirteen months altogether. It is very a very common scenario.

To the OP, if your GP signs you off as unfit for work,and your Statutory Sick Pay has finished, you should apply for ESA (Employment Support Allowance). Once you are claiming it, a DWP Dr will also assess you and a decision maker will decide if you meet the crieria for the Benefit.


Being also paid from work will not necessarily affect this Benefit, it will depend whether you are on Contributions-based or Income-based ESA.

a_p_p_l_e

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Why is it confusing?

My husband, now retired, was off work sick for over a year. He got paid all that time, first full pay and then half pay. He then returned to workwhen his health had improved, which was about thirteen months altogether. It is very a very common scenario.

To the OP, if your GP signs you off as unfit for work,and your Statutory Sick Pay has finished, you should apply for ESA (Employment Support Allowance). Once you are claiming it, a DWP Dr will also assess you and a decision maker will decide if you meet the crieria for the Benefit.


Being also paid from work will not necessarily affect this Benefit, it will depend whether you are on Contributions-based or Income-based ESA.

thanks seven-day-weekend.

i am about to get ESA, well, that was they said after i submitted to them original sick certificate yesterday.

my concern now is, i have been wanting to go back to work but work said i am not safe to do my old job and there is no work available for me at the moment even in other department... that is why my case will be for hearing cos they will dismiss me which could take for months...im afraid that i might fail DWP assessment.

happy to hear your husband health has improved.

dmg24

a_p_p_l_e wrote: »

thanks seven-day-weekend.

i am about to get ESA, well, that was they said after i submitted to them original sick certificate yesterday.

my concern now is, i have been wanting to go back to work but work said i am not safe to do my old job and there is no work available for me at the moment even in other department... that is why my case will be for hearing cos they will dismiss me which could take for months...im afraid that i might fail DWP assessment.

happy to hear your husband health has improved.

From your other thread it sounds like you are pretty far into the sickness absence policy already. If this is the case, I would not expect it to take months for dismissal. Check the policy, and if still unclear ask your rep at what stage you are at.

seven-day-weekend

a_p_p_l_e wrote: »

thanks seven-day-weekend.



happy to hear your husband health has improved.

It DID improve and he went back to work (part-time instead of full time), but then took early retirement two years later as his health began to deteriorate again. He has a mental health condition.

He has now been retired for six years, the first five we lived in Spain full-time (now do half and half).

Thanks for your good wishes.