Sick leave/stress leave

Away With The Fairies

How does the whole process work?

I currently work in an environment with little social distancing, no partitions, no face masks.

It's so stressful working there and I'm only two weeks in my job. My concerns are being dismissed in the workplace.

I don't want to get this virus. I have huge anxiety because of this pandemic and my job isn't helping. Is it possible to go out on stress leave or something?

wifey28

thers no such thing as stress leave.
You could go on illness benifit if your doctor agrees to fill out the forms and give you weekly certs.

But if this is a new job or first job you may not have enough prsi to cover illness benefit

Away With The Fairies

wifey28 wrote: »

thers no such thing as stress leave.
You could go on illness benifit if your doctor agrees to fill out the forms and give you weekly certs.

But if this is a new job or first job you may not have enough prsi to cover illness benefit

If it's based on prsi from a previous job I had last year, I should be covered.

EverythingGood

Why did you bother taking the job in the first place?

twowheelsonly

Have you enough contributions made from previous jobs though ? From the little information given it doesn't look likely.

Social insurance (PRSI) contributions

You must have at least 104 class A, E, H or P social insurance (PRSI) contributions paid since first starting work, and either one of the following:

39 weeks of PRSI contributions paid or credited in the relevant tax year, of which 13 must be paid contributions. 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)
the current tax year
or

26 weeks of PRSI contributions paid in the relevant tax year, and 26 weeks of PRSI contributions paid in the tax year immediately before the relevant tax year.

The relevant tax year is the second-last complete tax year before the year in which your claim for Illness Benefit begins.

Example 1: If you make a claim in 2019, the relevant tax year is 2017.

Example 2: If you make a claim in 2020, the relevant tax year is 2018.

Away With The Fairies

I might be stuck on 26 weeks of prsi contributions paid this year.

Does this disqualify me?

Away With The Fairies

Actually I'm completely confused.

If I make a claim this year, do they go on my prsi contributions paid in 2018?

Away With The Fairies

Came across a thread here on boards with alot of people getting missed payments. Is there still issues with getting the payment?

Away With The Fairies

Can someone better figuring things be able to tell me. I was in a job for about 4 years until the beginning of the year. Changed jobs earlier in the year, was laid off in June. In new job for two weeks.

Does this sound I might have enough prsi to get illness benefit?

twowheelsonly

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

Can someone better figuring things be able to tell me. I was in a job for about 4 years until the beginning of the year. Changed jobs earlier in the year, was laid off in June. In new job for two weeks.

Does this sound I might have enough prsi to get illness benefit?

Yes, you have enough contributions made to qualify you.

Bear in mind that you only have enough to cover you for 52 weeks and the rate paid is dependent on your wages.

More info here: https://www.gov.ie/en/service/ddf6e3-illness-benefit/

Away With The Fairies

twowheelsonly wrote: »

Yes, you have enough contributions made to qualify you.

Bear in mind that you only have enough to cover you for 52 weeks and the rate paid is dependent on your wages.

More info here: https://www.gov.ie/en/service/ddf6e3-illness-benefit/

Thanks for very much. I posted yesterday out of worrying and not knowing what to do anymore. Go into work and get sick or try and prevent getting sick!!! Thankfully, I got an offer for a new job which comes with face masks and don't have to go back to my job and such a stressful situation putting myself into an environment with little distancing. It's rather criminal with employer's responses with all this covid.

Flimsy_Boat

Supplementary Welfare Allowance (€201 per week) kicks in if not enough PRSI/rejected for Illness benefit.