Getting paid for a week out sick

dartboardio

Im not sure where to post this but I have been out of work since last Friday with an ear infection and I am certed out until this coming Friday so far.

My workplace does not pay me for being out sick thus I will be broke next payday. Is there anyway you can claim any money at all for the week being out sick? I have heard of people in my work 'claiming' something from the social welfare if they were out sick for a week or two.

Dont really have a clue. Can anyone advise?

Stationmaster

Yea, it is possible that you may be entitled to illness benefit but you would need to contact social welfare. Obviously you will need your pps number and employment details.

http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/345_Illness-Benefit.aspx

Google is your friend.

dartboardio

Stationmaster wrote: »

Yea, it is possible that you may be entitled to illness benefit but you would need to contact social welfare. Obviously you will need your pps number and employment details.

I see its based on my prsi contributions for 2017 if applying in 2019. I only started working full time in 2018 so I probably wouldn't be entitled? Fairly ****e!

Squatter

dartboardio wrote: »

I see its based on my prsi contributions for 2017 if applying in 2019. I only started working full time in 2018 so I probably wouldn't be entitled? Fairly ****e!

Not necessarily.

"If you do not have 13 paid contributions in the relevant tax year, then 13 paid contributions in one of the following tax years can be used instead:
Either of the two tax years before the relevant tax year
The last complete tax year (before the year in which your claim for Illness Benefit begins) i.e. 2018 in your case.

The current tax year"

dartboardio

Squatter wrote: »

Not necessarily.

"If you do not have 13 paid contributions in the relevant tax year, then 13 paid contributions in one of the following tax years can be used instead:
Either of the two tax years before the relevant tax year
The last complete tax year (before the year in which your claim for Illness Benefit begins) i.e. 2018 in your case.


Thanks for that. If i go down to the intreo centre to get a form do i just have to provide the cert from the doctor confirming im out of work for certain dates or will i be required to get another seperate medical form?

Squatter

dartboardio wrote: »

Thanks for that. If i go down to the intreo centre to get a form do i just have to provide the cert from the doctor confirming im out of work for certain dates or will i be required to get another seperate medical form?

From the above link: "You can get an Illness Benefit claim form (IB1) and a social welfare medical certificate (MED1) from your family doctor (GP). You fill out the IB1 claim form and your doctor completes the MED1 medical certificate. If you are or have been an in-patient in a hospital, see 'Hospital certs' below."

tiredblondie

Are the first 6 days (incl. Saturday) not at your own expense?
i thought you could only claim once you are into your 2nd week off sick?

Kalimah

I'm out for two weeks ( 10 working days)recovering from surgery. My employer will pay me for a week and I believe I'll get 4 days pay from SW. That'll amount to less than two hundred euros I think. You wouldn't want to be on a tight budget.
I've been working since the early 80s and never ever was off sick for more than a day or two and even then the last time I was out sick was 2012.
If I'd been with my current employer a bit longer I'd get paid for my leave

dartboardio

Like at the moment i have the cert from the doctor saying im unable to attend work from x to y date. Is that enough for IB?

Cause tbh i wouldnt bother if i had to go back getting all other forms filled out by the GP

Kalimah

dartboardio wrote:

Like at the moment i have the cert from the doctor saying im unable to attend work from x to y date. Is that enough for IB?

dartboardio wrote:

Cause tbh i wouldnt bother if i had to go back getting all other forms filled out by the GP

My doc marked final cert in a box on the form so I won't have to go back again

angeldelight

dartboardio wrote: »

Like at the moment i have the cert from the doctor saying im unable to attend work from x to y date. Is that enough for IB?

Cause tbh i wouldnt bother if i had to go back getting all other forms filled out by the GP

If calling to request a social welfare form is too much hassle maybe you don’t need the money so badly after all?

Anyway the first week is classed as a waiting period so they’ll only pay you if you’re out for longer than a week

splinter65

SW don’t give any illness benefit for the first 6 days of illness.
The GP completes some of the illness benefit form the claimant fills the rest and then you post it off to Dublin.
You’ll only get it if you’ve a decent amount of PRSI. You can send it off anyway and if you’ve no means of suppprt then you can see the CWO for a payment.

Berberis

Think I read somewhere on Boards before, That people should still send in the SW cert even if its only a weeks sick leave and no payment is due.
Something to do with PRSI credits when it comes to claiming state old aged pension

dartboardio

angeldelight wrote: »

If calling to request a social welfare form is too much hassle maybe you don’t need the money so badly after all?

Anyway the first week is classed as a waiting period so they’ll only pay you if you’re out for longer than a week

Well I dont really need it, Im just looking into it obviously itd be better to get something than nothing!

Dial Hard

dartboardio wrote: »

Well I dont really need it, Im just looking into it obviously itd be better to get something than nothing!

You won't get anything, as several people have pointed out they don't pay the first 6 days.

dartboardio

Dial Hard wrote: »

You won't get anything, as several people have pointed out they don't pay the first 6 days.

Yep....

which is why I havent replied since yesterday and stated it wouldn't be worth my while applying. Especially if I had to go get extra forms for the sake of 2 or 3 days if I do continue to be absent next week.

So why didn't you just say that in your first comment :')

brightspark

dartboardio wrote: »

Yep....

which is why I havent replied since yesterday and stated it wouldn't be worth my while applying. Especially if I had to go get extra forms for the sake of 2 or 3 days if I do continue to be absent next week.

So why didn't you just say that in your first comment :')

It might be worth applying anyway as the six days wait might only apply for the first claim in a year (at least that was the case when it was just a three day wait)

lawred2

6 days is a disgrace really. What exactly do we pay PRSI for at this stage?

JeffKenna

dartboardio wrote: »

Im not sure where to post this but I have been out of work since last Friday with an ear infection and I am certed out until this coming Friday so far.

My workplace does not pay me for being out sick thus I will be broke next payday. Is there anyway you can claim any money at all for the week being out sick? I have heard of people in my work 'claiming' something from the social welfare if they were out sick for a week or two.

Dont really have a clue. Can anyone advise?

That seems an excessive amount of time to be off with an ear infection.

dartboardio

JeffKenna wrote: »

That seems an excessive amount of time to be off with an ear infection.

Ear was completely blocked and I work in a call centre so made sense.

splinter65

lawred2 wrote: »

6 days is a disgrace really. What exactly do we pay PRSI for at this stage?

The idea was that they were going to force the employers to pay the first week. That’s not happening though. Your paying your PRSI for your pension and
Jobseekers
Maternity
Paternity
Illness
Disablement
Carers
Invalidity
All benefits.

jippo nolan

sugarman wrote: »

You're not entitled to anything for the first 6 days, so unfortunately not.

Thanks to the arch socialist Joan Burton!

lawred2

JeffKenna wrote: »

That seems an excessive amount of time to be off with an ear infection.

I don't know. Ear infections can be severely debilitating. Your balance can go which renders you bedridden.