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If you are sick for less than six days
you may be able to claim either "sickness benefit" (if
self employed or unemployed), or "statutory sick pay"
(if you have worked for an employer long enough).
Sickness benefit can be claimed using form SC1 available
from DSS offices and statutory sick pay using the form
SC2 available from your employer.
Both these forms cover you until the seventh day of
illness. If you are sick for seven days or more, you
will have to be seen by the doctor to obtain a sickness
certificate. Each subsequent certificate will need to be
obtained by seeing a doctor until you return to work
(although your GP may provide a certificate without
seeing you if a hospital doctor has been treating you).
NB: Some employers insist on a "sick
note" for illness lasting less than seven days. As this
is not a statutory requirement, this is considered a
private arrangement and as such there is a charge
(sometimes the employer will reimburse this). If you are
ill for 28 weeks or more continuously, you may be
eligible for state benefits. Up-to-date information can
be found at
www.direct.gov.uk. |
