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I'm currently on sick leave due to an accident at work. I am past retirement age. My employer has sent me a letter telling me that they can't pay me statutory sick pay after 12/12. I am not yet fit to go back to work. What are my options here?
My manager has also asked if i'd prefer voluntary redundancy or redundancy in ill health. Is one more advantageous than the other? There's no guarantee that i'd be offered voluntary redundancy.
My manager has also asked if i'd prefer voluntary redundancy or redundancy in ill health. Is one more advantageous than the other? There's no guarantee that i'd be offered voluntary redundancy.
fasimew said:
Yes it's coming up to 6 months.
What happens wrt sick pay? They've given me a SSP1 form which should be taken to the DWP together with a medical certificate. Does this mean I can then claim sick pay through DWP?
Statutory Sick Pay is £109.40 per week for up to 28 weeks. If you have a normal type of job that'll be a fraction of your pay.What happens wrt sick pay? They've given me a SSP1 form which should be taken to the DWP together with a medical certificate. Does this mean I can then claim sick pay through DWP?
CraigyMc said:
fasimew said:
Yes it's coming up to 6 months.
What happens wrt sick pay? They've given me a SSP1 form which should be taken to the DWP together with a medical certificate. Does this mean I can then claim sick pay through DWP?
Statutory Sick Pay is £109.40 per week for up to 28 weeks. If you have a normal type of job that'll be a fraction of your pay.What happens wrt sick pay? They've given me a SSP1 form which should be taken to the DWP together with a medical certificate. Does this mean I can then claim sick pay through DWP?
Do you mean to say that the government will give me £109.40 per week, after 6 months of being on full pay?
fasimew said:
CraigyMc said:
fasimew said:
Yes it's coming up to 6 months.
What happens wrt sick pay? They've given me a SSP1 form which should be taken to the DWP together with a medical certificate. Does this mean I can then claim sick pay through DWP?
Statutory Sick Pay is £109.40 per week for up to 28 weeks. If you have a normal type of job that'll be a fraction of your pay.What happens wrt sick pay? They've given me a SSP1 form which should be taken to the DWP together with a medical certificate. Does this mean I can then claim sick pay through DWP?
Do you mean to say that the government will give me £109.40 per week, after 6 months of being on full pay?
fasimew said:
Polly Grigora said:
How did the accident happen and what injuries are you suffering from?
I don't see the relevance of this question. If you must know, I fell over and injured my shoulder. Edited by fasimew on Sunday 3rd December 00:44
Popped the question about your accident and injuries as there's often a possibility for claiming compensation when injured at work
fasimew said:
Polly Grigora said:
How did the accident happen and what injuries are you suffering from?
I don't see the relevance of this question. If you must know, I fell over and injured my shoulder. Edited by fasimew on Sunday 3rd December 00:44
(I should add the tragedy is that they can still dismiss you if they caused the injury).
SydneyBridge said:
Do you have any legal espenses cover on any insurance.?, they will instruct a Solicitor to assess if so
Were you doing a specific job that should have been risk assessed?
I assume HSE were involved?
I have home insurance. Yes it is a manual job and should be risk assessed. HSE have not been involved.Were you doing a specific job that should have been risk assessed?
I assume HSE were involved?
What does the SSP1 form say (i.e. what reason is ticked for SSP ending?).
It sounds to me like you have already been getting SSP as part of your full pay so you've had (or will soon have had) 28 weeks of SSP. If that's the case, you wont get any more Statutory Sick Pay and if you were working age and made redundant, DWP would put you on ESA or UC. I don't know what happens with people who are over state pension age (assuming you are from your OP) they might expect you to claim your state pension instead (and if that's your only income you'd probably get pension credit too). Or it might be if you are still looking for work the age discrimination regs might allow you to get ESA/UC while continuing to look for work. You'd have to ask them.
It sounds to me like you have already been getting SSP as part of your full pay so you've had (or will soon have had) 28 weeks of SSP. If that's the case, you wont get any more Statutory Sick Pay and if you were working age and made redundant, DWP would put you on ESA or UC. I don't know what happens with people who are over state pension age (assuming you are from your OP) they might expect you to claim your state pension instead (and if that's your only income you'd probably get pension credit too). Or it might be if you are still looking for work the age discrimination regs might allow you to get ESA/UC while continuing to look for work. You'd have to ask them.
On the information given, it would seem that this falls under RIDDOR. I wonder what the company have actually done about that, given that HSE haven't (apparently) been involved.
The OP may well have a good case for compensation perhaps?
OP - it may be worth asking initially at the Citizens Advice Bureau, they're usually quite helpful.
The OP may well have a good case for compensation perhaps?
OP - it may be worth asking initially at the Citizens Advice Bureau, they're usually quite helpful.
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