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Title: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: Don Simon on March 24, 2017, 05:53:37 am
My wife sais she will sort it. but just need to know the procedure please ?

Thanks
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: Soupy on March 24, 2017, 06:03:31 am
It used to be that if an employee was off sick he would bring me a sick note and I'd use that to claim his statutory sick pay back from the paye bill. That's been scrapped now and I need to cover it.

Self employed people have very little in the way of rights.
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: Don Simon on March 24, 2017, 06:11:12 am
Thought it might be a good idea to replace me teeth and 1970s glasses
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: Don Simon on March 24, 2017, 06:12:09 am
It used to be that if an employee was off sick he would bring me a sick note and I'd use that to claim his statutory sick pay back from the paye bill. That's been scrapped now and I need to cover it.

Self employed people have very little in the way of rights.
Was just booking my flight before you said that  :'(
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: best on March 24, 2017, 06:17:31 am
I have just had 4 weeks off work after a gallbladder operation,  and asked the same question. The answer is nothing.
I know that what you didn't want hear but that's reality.
If you are on benefits for low earnings though, you might get something from them.

Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: Don Simon on March 24, 2017, 06:18:34 am
Did an online calculation and siad I was entitled to £800 a month !      Never claimed a sausage in 40 years so all this is new to me  :-\
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: Don Simon on March 24, 2017, 06:20:25 am
I have just had 4 weeks off work after a gallbladder operation,  and asked the same question. The answer is nothing.
I know that what you didn't want hear but that's reality.
If you are on benefits for low earnings though, you might get something from them.
Sorry about that. will leave it to our lass and if she doesnt come home with the goods then I will have to take action
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: Dry Clean on March 24, 2017, 07:12:23 am
Did an online calculation and siad I was entitled to £800 a month !      Never claimed a sausage in 40 years so all this is new to me  :-\

Not if your self employed, that's was one of the arguments for paying less National Insurance, no sick pay.
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: Don Simon on March 24, 2017, 07:20:01 am
So What do Ido if I cannot work for a long while ?     Getting worried now  :'(










































Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: p1w1 on March 24, 2017, 07:28:34 am
Have you not put money aside for times like this .
Nothing you can do  really
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: Dave Willis on March 24, 2017, 07:36:03 am
Change your name to Tony Soprnosky, works in out town. Get given a house too if you're lucky.
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: dazmond on March 24, 2017, 07:48:26 am
so you ve been self employed for 40 years and you can t manage financially for a month due to illness?

no emergency fund? ::)roll

no savings? ::)roll
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: Don Simon on March 24, 2017, 07:51:38 am
so you ve been self employed for 40 years and you can t manage financially for a month due to illness?

no emergency fund? ::)roll

no savings? ::)roll
Daz I was an alki for 40 years, no I havnt saved, no spare cash.    Just asking for advice not a moral judgment mate.
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: Dave Willis on March 24, 2017, 07:54:15 am
Wasn't there a message in the bottle?
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: dazmond on March 24, 2017, 07:59:40 am
so you ve been self employed for 40 years and you can t manage financially for a month due to illness?

no emergency fund? ::)roll

no savings? ::)roll
Daz I was an alki for 40 years, no I havnt saved, no spare cash.    Just asking for advice not a moral judgment mate.

im an alcoholic too!( a sober one).

best thing is CAB mate.get yourself down there today.
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: richard groves on March 24, 2017, 08:21:19 am
Can you not still claim statutory sick pay ? Had a knee op about 8 years ago and was signed off by doctor for two weeks. I claimed statutory sick pay - was only about £70 PW  though  :(
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: nathankaye on March 24, 2017, 08:25:17 am
Contact hmrc and enquire.
I was off work for a couple of months due to an operation some years ago. Ive forgotten what the department is that you claim with, its alot of paperwork though and wanting to know everything about you. Im sure they only do that to put people off claiming. It might take a while but they back date it to when you made the claim. So the faster your on it the better
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: *Hector* on March 24, 2017, 08:41:20 am
Or.....

you can do as advised on another thread when asking this same question....


go to work!

The short and nasty of it is this.... self employed? ....... you work..... you earn....

self employed? ...... you don't work......... you don't earn......

 ::)roll
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: Don Simon on March 24, 2017, 12:13:30 pm
Or.....

you can do as advised on another thread when asking this same question....


go to work!

The short and nasty of it is this.... self employed? ....... you work..... you earn....

self employed? ...... you don't work......... you don't earn......

 ::)roll
How do ignore you on here Hector there used to be an ignore button but cant seem to find it ?
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: *Hector* on March 24, 2017, 01:37:24 pm
Mod edit: Please don't be blatantly rude to other members, repect one another, we are all here to help each other not hinder. I know it may be a bit of banter but please think before posting

 ;D ;D
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: *Hector* on March 24, 2017, 01:45:31 pm
Would you like me to take you off my buddy list??  :-* :-*
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: CF Facilities on March 24, 2017, 02:46:24 pm
This is a nightmare
It used to be called ESA employer support allowance.
I had an op about 5 years ago and had to claim.  You have to claim on the phone and it took about two hours. My books had to be up to date with earnings and expenses  ::)roll they take everything into account then they awarded me 70 pounds per week! You cannot backdate claim starts with first phone call.  As soon as you do one job back payment stops.
Waste of time in my opinion.
Since then I have had three operations. (I am recovering from latest at the moment probably another three weeks till able to start back again) and I have not bothered claiming.  I have just had to rely on savings.

By all means do not take my word for it because the system may have changed.

All the best.

Colin
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: windowswashed on March 24, 2017, 03:51:07 pm
I was off once for over a year owing to a severe illness and relied on my savings. With hindsight I should have folded the business up and gone on the dole as I would have been better off
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: Stoots on March 24, 2017, 04:57:10 pm
Youre knackered if you are self employed.

You should have saving or taken out an insurance policy to cover these things.

I have neither either, but not been self employed all that long, its certainly something to think about

As an aside, what would happen if you were a LTD company and on paye? could you claim ssp? and who pays it the goverment or your employer (yourself lol) ?
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: colin bird on March 25, 2017, 06:53:20 am
Wasn't there a message in the bottle?
classic !
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: Don Simon on March 25, 2017, 07:03:44 am
Would you like me to take you off my buddy list??  :-* :-*
What is a buddy list, think we should take it slow before we become buddies ?
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: *Hector* on March 25, 2017, 07:12:18 am
The buddy list allows me to follow everything you post, so I can comment on it straight away if I am on my computer..

fun innit??
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: Don Simon on March 25, 2017, 07:32:59 am
The buddy list allows me to follow everything you post, so I can comment on it straight away if I am on my computer..

fun innit??
So basically you can be my stalker ?     Never been stalked before apart from an old girlfriend who had a few issues.
So yes go ahead be my buddy
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: Don Simon on March 25, 2017, 07:35:54 am
just getting used to Facebook you wanna invite ?
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: *Hector* on March 25, 2017, 07:51:59 am
No... can annoy you lots on here....

I don't do farcebook.
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: Don Simon on March 25, 2017, 08:57:03 am
No... can annoy you lots on here....

I don't do farcebook.
I used to feel same but its been a lifesaver for me.    I have it on private settings so only friends and family can see.
Most of my family are alcohol dependent or fitness freaks. so it is a good way of getting rid of my frustration making sarcastic remarks.
We will have to meet up Hector and have an orange juice I am not really that mad just up and down ( Bi polar ) so it can be fun when I am on an up.     Thats why I got upset with you the other day My friend was so similar so it touched a nerve,
Anyway that is forgotten about and I am glad we are mutual aquaintences now.
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: Don Simon on March 25, 2017, 09:01:03 am
Well my poor wife ( she lives with me ) had to fill in the forms and it was just under 70 pages, and when she was at CAB crying her Out.     but ThE PoSiTIvE THING IS THEY WERE REALLY SYMPATHETIC AND TOLD HER WHAT TO DO FOR CLAIMING.
If this post is getting annoying please just ignore me and dont post nasty stuff please cos I is a bit delicate at moment innit !
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: kaz and pete on March 31, 2017, 10:07:16 pm
If you have paid your national insurance you can claim £73.10 a week on sick pay you claim on national insurance contributions hope this helps
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: Marc Stock on March 31, 2017, 11:01:33 pm
Dont worry tony.

I know how you feel mate, i really do.
Title: Re: Been given month sick note, how do you claim ?
Post by: Don Simon on April 01, 2017, 04:27:43 am
I really hate doing nothing doing my head in, its ok for a week or so but then the jobs start coming in and I wanna start earning some powder !       Wife has done all the form filling and the people on the phone have been brilliant so not as scary as I first thought.