Self Employed Sick note

MeandHer1989

I've just been signed off from self employment by my GP who said that I would need to get a form online to get my sickness benefits.

But there's thousands of forms and I am in agony and just can't think straight, can anyone help me and give me the link for the form?

Sorry Nick

TELLIT01

Depending on your circumstances and location you could be claiming ESA or Universal Credit. Search for either on the gov.uk site (don't use others as they may charge). You actually make the claim by phone, not by completing a form.

MeandHer1989

TELLIT01 wrote: »

Depending on your circumstances and location you could be claiming ESA or Universal Credit. Search for either on the gov.uk site (don't use others as they may charge). You actually make the claim by phone, not by completing a form.

Sorry I should have said that I need the sick note for my first week off that I have to fill in.

Good to know what I am going to ask for though :beer:

BorisThomson

Are you a sole proprietor or a limited company? If the latter you would need to claim SSP from the company. The former would claim ESA/ UC as above.

epitome

You don't need a form for your first 7 days sick note. It is called a "self cert" and the DWP automatically allow you to have the first 7 days as "a self cert" without anything from you except the fact that you have asked for your claim to start from xx/xx/2017

There is actually a form for this, but I have never seen anyone use one, it is an SC2
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statutory-sick-pay-employees-statement-of-sickness-sc2

Do you have savings over £16,000 ?
Or do you have a partner who works 24 hours or more?

If yes to either of these...then you will want to ask for ESA Conts only (if it is ESA postcode)
or
ESA Conts New Style (if it is a Universal Credit postcode)

**and important**
Make sure your National Insurance payments are all fully paid upto April 2016. BEFORE YOU MAKE THE CLAIM.

MeandHer1989

BorisThomson wrote: »

Are you a sole proprietor or a limited company? If the latter you would need to claim SSP from the company. The former would claim ESA/ UC as above.

Sole proprietor

MeandHer1989

epitome wrote: »

You don't need a form for your first 7 days sick note. It is called a "self cert" and the DWP automatically allow you to have the first 7 days as "a self cert" without anything from you except the fact that you have asked for your claim to start from xx/xx/2017

There is actually a form for this, but I have never seen anyone use one, it is an SC2
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statutory-sick-pay-employees-statement-of-sickness-sc2

Do you have savings over £16,000 ?
Or do you have a partner who works 24 hours or more?

If yes to either of these...then you will want to ask for ESA Conts only (if it is ESA postcode)
or
ESA Conts New Style (if it is a Universal Credit postcode)

**and important**
Make sure your National Insurance payments are all fully paid upto April 2016. BEFORE YOU MAKE THE CLAIM.

No savings. Partner works up to 10 a week as I am disabled.

epitome

TheDorsetDestroyers wrote: »

No savings. Partner works up to 10 a week as I am disabled.

In which case:

If ESA postcode..
ask for ESA IR

If Universal Credit postcode
ask for Universal Credit and ESA Conts New Style.