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5 years 2 months ago #245093 by headabovethewater
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Could anyone advise where best to get advice in the following: I have been employed by my husband over 10 years but in reality have been unable to work due to illness for about a year he has just paid me as normal but now new diagnosis means I need to sort this out one and for all ans look at esa. I am signed off with fit notes but just havent done anything with them. Could anyone advise would I be better off sacked? Or how do you move to esa? Hope this makes some sense. Currently waiting on pip answer but understand that is not work related.
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5 years 2 months ago #245156 by Gordon
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You say you were employed by your husband, did you receive NI Contributions or were credited with them? Were you self-employed and did you purchase Class 2 NI Contributions?
You can no longer make a new claim for what is now called legacy ESA.
You can make a claim for New Style ESA providing you have at least six months of NI Contributions in either of the Tax Years 2017-18 or 2018-19 and at least 50 weeks of NI Contributions or NI Credits in both of these Tax Years.
If you are unable to meet these Contribution Conditions then your only alternative is to make a claim for Universal Credit subject to your circumstances.
As to your resigning, I'm afraid we cannot advise on this but as a general rule you would be giving up rights that you may later regret losing, get face to face advice before making any decision on this, the CAB should be able to help you.
Gordon
You say you were employed by your husband, did you receive NI Contributions or were credited with them? Were you self-employed and did you purchase Class 2 NI Contributions?
You can no longer make a new claim for what is now called legacy ESA.
You can make a claim for New Style ESA providing you have at least six months of NI Contributions in either of the Tax Years 2017-18 or 2018-19 and at least 50 weeks of NI Contributions or NI Credits in both of these Tax Years.
If you are unable to meet these Contribution Conditions then your only alternative is to make a claim for Universal Credit subject to your circumstances.
As to your resigning, I'm afraid we cannot advise on this but as a general rule you would be giving up rights that you may later regret losing, get face to face advice before making any decision on this, the CAB should be able to help you.
Gordon
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5 years 1 month ago #245344 by headabovethewater
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Thank you Gordon. I am employed not self employed. Accountant is updating my last 2 years ni as it looked like I had some gaps. Annual salary is 8500. Illness makes all this so confusing to work out. I have been signed off since December. Once ni upto date do I just call dwp about esa? How much would I receive if I was accepted?
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