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Sickness Benefit
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my wife works as a carer. she is allowed to earn £100 per week.her take home pay is around £360 per month.she has broken her hand and will not be able to work for -6 weeks. is she allowed to claim any sicknes benefit or does my pension of £1400 per month stop her from getting benefits
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Reading between the lines, this is most likely a question related to eligibility for SSP (statutory sick pay).
To be eligible for SSP the employee has to earn at least a certain figure and that figure is currently £107 per week gross. If she doesn't earn that amount, she is below the lower earnings limit and she doesn't pay any NI - which is precisely what the paying of NI entitles one to do when sick.
If this is the case, the answer is no, she can't get SSP (which would in any event be paid by the employer, for up to 28 weeks. It is a fixed amount of about £85 per week.
It is just possible that her employer has its own sick pay scheme, though that's pretty unlikely here, I reckon.
If I've guessed this scenario wrong and she does find she is eligible, your pension has no impact on the spouse's entitlement.
To be eligible for SSP the employee has to earn at least a certain figure and that figure is currently £107 per week gross. If she doesn't earn that amount, she is below the lower earnings limit and she doesn't pay any NI - which is precisely what the paying of NI entitles one to do when sick.
If this is the case, the answer is no, she can't get SSP (which would in any event be paid by the employer, for up to 28 weeks. It is a fixed amount of about £85 per week.
It is just possible that her employer has its own sick pay scheme, though that's pretty unlikely here, I reckon.
If I've guessed this scenario wrong and she does find she is eligible, your pension has no impact on the spouse's entitlement.
I she doesn't earn at least £107 from her employer, she can't get SSP from there.
'Having one's stamp paid' (gosh - that takes you back a few years to these little booklets where you had a lick and stick) is more likely to mean she gets a credit for the period of time in years (currently 30 years) for entitlement to a full basic state pension - in the same way that mothers with young children get credit for the same thing - and that doesn't entitle them to SSP when sick either.
You're probably going to have the powers that be, in order to be certain. She may be able to get Employment & Support Allowance instead - though that is what I suspect the £58 may be.
'Having one's stamp paid' (gosh - that takes you back a few years to these little booklets where you had a lick and stick) is more likely to mean she gets a credit for the period of time in years (currently 30 years) for entitlement to a full basic state pension - in the same way that mothers with young children get credit for the same thing - and that doesn't entitle them to SSP when sick either.
You're probably going to have the powers that be, in order to be certain. She may be able to get Employment & Support Allowance instead - though that is what I suspect the £58 may be.
>"sorry if you think its a stupid question".
I don't think anyone was saying or implying it was stupid question, david. We were just querying what you meant because you hadn't specified initially that she was receiving a carer's allowance. I now realise that when you said she works as a carer you meant as a carer for you rather than for a care home as an employee
I don't think anyone was saying or implying it was stupid question, david. We were just querying what you meant because you hadn't specified initially that she was receiving a carer's allowance. I now realise that when you said she works as a carer you meant as a carer for you rather than for a care home as an employee
okay...options here
1 he gets told yes and the answer is wrong
result, he claims and the claim is disallowed
2 he gets told yes and the answer is right
result he claims and the claim is allowed
3 he gets told no and the answer is right
result He doesn't claim or he claims and is disallowed.
4 (and here's the kicker)
he gets told no and the answer is for some reason wrong
result he DOESN'T CLAIM AND LOSES OUT
and that is why, even though yes this is a q and a site, i will always say ask the DWP...OP's often don't give all the details, often because they don't think its relevant, not with intent to deceive.
1 he gets told yes and the answer is wrong
result, he claims and the claim is disallowed
2 he gets told yes and the answer is right
result he claims and the claim is allowed
3 he gets told no and the answer is right
result He doesn't claim or he claims and is disallowed.
4 (and here's the kicker)
he gets told no and the answer is for some reason wrong
result he DOESN'T CLAIM AND LOSES OUT
and that is why, even though yes this is a q and a site, i will always say ask the DWP...OP's often don't give all the details, often because they don't think its relevant, not with intent to deceive.
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I am in the same position as your wife. I get carers allowance for my wife and I can earn £100 before they deduct cash from the carers allowance. I earn around £80 most weeks but I can not get statutory sick pay as I do not earn enough. The carers allowance gives me an NI credit but as has been said that only lets me get a full state pension at 65 , it does not give me SSP.
your pension does not effect your wife's SSP it is how much she earns that counts.
your pension does not effect your wife's SSP it is how much she earns that counts.
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