Redundancy/Employment support allowance help appreciated

ChabbyAlonso

My mother is on employment support allowance (contribution based) and was wondering if she decided to accept a redundancy package from her employers, would it affect her employment support allowance claim (claim closed?).

Thanks in advance.

LittleVoice

I thought the only work you could do while receiving Employment & Support Allowance was Permitted Work. Normally it is paid because someone cannot work. So if that Permitted Work is no longer being done, I do not see it affecting the Employment & Support Allowance.

McKneff

Are you sure she is getting ESA and not SSP from her employers. Or is she doing permitted work whilst on ESA

I think you only claim ESA when you were not employed at all.

LittleVoice

McKneff wrote: »

Are you sure she is getting ESA and not SSP from her employers. Or is she doing permitted work whilst on ESA

I think you only claim ESA when you were not employed at all.

"Permitted Work" is permitted.

LittleVoice

ChabbyAlonso wrote: »

My mother is on employment support allowance (contribution based) and was wondering if she decided to accept a redundancy package from her employers, would it affect her employment support allowance claim (claim closed?).

Thanks in advance.

Just reading your original post again.

Do you mean (a) you think the claim has been closed already or (b) you wonder whether the redundancy would mean that the claim would be closed as she would no longer be working?

ChabbyAlonso

LittleVoice wrote: »

Just reading your original post again.

Do you mean (a) you think the claim has been closed already or (b) you wonder whether the redundancy would mean that the claim would be closed as she would no longer be working?

Definitely the latter.