Not entitled to sick pay because of twss

wpd

started job in july 18 had to claim social sick in oct 2020 after car accident
was informed i am short of required 104weeks of prsi contribution to qualify for social sick

reason being i was being paid by twss while working in april-June 20

how is this fair, I didnt benefit my employer did now I have lost out

Any advice how to approach this
can i pay my missing stamps myself or get employer to

Please help

doc22

wpd wrote: »

started job in july 18 had to claim social sick in oct 2020 after car accident
was informed i am short of required 104weeks of prsi contribution to qualify for social sick

reason being i was being paid by twss while working in april-June 20

how is this fair, I didnt benefit my employer did now I have lost out

Any advice how to approach this
can i pay my missing stamps myself or get employer to

Please help

That doesn't sound right TWSS wasn't to remove rights from employee the J9 class I would have thought had you covered. You could post this in the Covid forum benefits mega-thread to see if you get a response too. I'd prob contact a TD if I got no satisfaction from DEASP.

Mrs OBumble

You can appeal the decision, but will only succeed if DEASP have made a mistake.

If you're short of cash, apply for Supplementary Welfare Allowance.

wpd

thanks for advice
can you pay for an extra stamp as i think i am only two weeks short or is that an old thing i am thinking of

highdef

What is DEASP and twss? It's not at all clear in this thread as to what they are.

Tow

DEASP are supposed to count the TWSS PRSI J9 Insurable Weeks as Class A. Probably a miss informed DEASP employee or another reason, which was not specified.

highdef

Tow wrote: »

DEASP are to supposed to count the TWSS PRSI J9 Insurable Weeks as Class A. Probably a miss informed DEASP employee or another reason, which was not specified.

If that is supposed to answer the previous post, it failed miserably.

rtron

Temporary COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS)

MlvcMX

Hello. It’s 104 contributions since you entered employment. Look up the citizens info website. Social welfare look at your contributions from last year in deciding. Why don’t you just apply and see what the social says

MlvcMX

Tow wrote: »

DEASP are supposed to count the TWSS PRSI J9 Insurable Weeks as Class A. Probably a miss informed DEASP employee or another reason, which was not specified.[/quote

Edited to remove answer re dsp and Twss answered above

Mrs OBumble

wpd wrote: »

thanks for advice
can you pay for an extra stamp as i think i am only two weeks short or is that an old thing i am thinking of

I don't think so.

Among other things, you'd need to pay the employer contribution (far higher than yours) as well as the employee.

You can try asking them. But I've never heard of it.

Detailed follow up re whether weeks on TWSS should be counted as contributions is probably more likely to succeed.

wpd

thanks everyone for feedback

I will query it with DEASP again seeking clarification