Handing in my notice while off sick

poppy12345

Here https://www.gov.uk/check-national-insurance-record

toria420

Spoonie_Turtle said:

OP you said you applied and were turned down for ESA, you could check your NI record online to see where the gaps were if you're not sure. They use the two previous full tax years to establish eligibility for ESA, so currently it's 2017-18 and 2018-19. Next year they will be looking at 2018-19 and 2019-2020 so it may be worth reapplying if those years are more complete.

That's odd, I found it online and says my NI payments are complete for those years. Only 2019/2020 is not full. Perhaps I should contact them and challenge it..

calcotti

toria420 said:

Spoonie_Turtle said:

OP you said you applied and were turned down for ESA, you could check your NI record online to see where the gaps were if you're not sure. They use the two previous full tax years to establish eligibility for ESA, so currently it's 2017-18 and 2018-19. Next year they will be looking at 2018-19 and 2019-2020 so it may be worth reapplying if those years are more complete.

That's odd, I found it online and says my NI payments are complete for those years. Only 2019/2020 is not full. Perhaps I should contact them and challenge it..

It may be worth doing that.

Xbigman

You should always wait to be fired for the simple reason you are still accruing holidays whilst sick.


Darren

toria420

Xbigman said:

You should always wait to be fired for the simple reason you are still accruing holidays whilst sick.


Darren

This is where it's tricky.. I work at a school in the kitchens, employed by a catering company. We don't get to take holiday as we have the half terms/summer hols off work. So I don't know how it works!

superbigal

However it works you should be getting paid at some point for the accrued holidays you have not "taken".

toria420

superbigal said:

However it works you should be getting paid at some point for the accrued holidays you have not "taken".

The holidays we are due are divided up and paid with wages over 12 months, so we're not left without any money over summer.. So technically we don't get to take the holidays as we have all that time off with half terms/summer hols but receive payment for them that way. I think..

Spoonie_Turtle

toria420 said:

Xbigman said:

You should always wait to be fired for the simple reason you are still accruing holidays whilst sick.


Darren

This is where it's tricky.. I work at a school in the kitchens, employed by a catering company. We don't get to take holiday as we have the half terms/summer hols off work. So I don't know how it works!

Are you salaried for the whole year? I worked in a school and somehow had holiday pay when they dismissed me - possibly from being on sick pay during some of the school holidays? Not quite sure. I was also on full pay for my notice period because it was them dismissing me on the grounds of capability (i.e. because I was too ill to work), and I don't think I'd have had that if I had resigned 

If they start capability proceedings you should hopefully get a copy of your company's policy, but you might already have it. Definitely worth checking and considering.

I did feel a bit guilty hanging on to the end with my school but I had been (incorrectly) told not to resign otherwise I wouldn't be able to claim benefits for a while. I'm glad I let it run its course though, for several timing reasons but I also felt it lent some weight or validity to my illness, especially for benefits assessments, that I definitely wasn't not working by choice because they'd kept me on as long as they could and I didn't get better. I already knew I wouldn't get better the last time I went home sick from work, but I would not have wanted to try to convince the DWP about it or even my doctor! So letting it run its course proved beyond any question that I couldn't get better in time to keep my job.

GHolmesAdmin

To be blunt they will 'manage you out' when it gets to 12 months off sick, which is no fun but I would still stick it out to the end, that's what I did a while back.  Don't jump.

toria420

GHolmesAdmin said:

To be blunt they will 'manage you out' when it gets to 12 months off sick, which is no fun but I would still stick it out to the end, that's what I did a while back.  Don't jump.

Ok great, thank you.