Sick pay for self-employed

calcotti

Spoonie_Turtle said:

Just to be clear for OP so they can tell their friend, UC is calculated on actual received income not designated salary.  So if the husband is not bringing in any income whilst ill, it's very possible they may qualify unless they have savings over £16,000.

But because they are self employed they are supposed to make provision for periods of illness and the Minimum Income Floor may apply.

Whether an expected period of illness of six months would enable him to cease to be treated as gainfully self employed I don’t know.

Spoonie_Turtle

calcotti said:

Spoonie_Turtle said:

Just to be clear for OP so they can tell their friend, UC is calculated on actual received income not designated salary.  So if the husband is not bringing in any income whilst ill, it's very possible they may qualify unless they have savings over £16,000.

But because they are self employed they are supposed to make provision for periods of illness and the Minimum Income Floor may apply.

Whether an expected period of illness of six months would enable him to cease to be treated as gainfully self employed I don’t know.

If he is self-employed, it was my understanding the current rules give a start-up period of 12 months from the beginning of a new claim.  Obviously they then can't have another for 5 years, but they'd hopefully not need another one once recovered and back at his current job.

calcotti

Spoonie_Turtle said:

calcotti said:

Spoonie_Turtle said:

Just to be clear for OP so they can tell their friend, UC is calculated on actual received income not designated salary.  So if the husband is not bringing in any income whilst ill, it's very possible they may qualify unless they have savings over £16,000.

But because they are self employed they are supposed to make provision for periods of illness and the Minimum Income Floor may apply.

Whether an expected period of illness of six months would enable him to cease to be treated as gainfully self employed I don’t know.

If he is self-employed, it was my understanding the current rules give a start-up period of 12 months from the beginning of a new claim.  Obviously they then can't have another for 5 years, but they'd hopefully not need another one once recovered and back at his current job.

Of course - I overlooked that.