injured at work but on 0 hours contract

hi my son has been working on a 0 hour contract for a agency on one of the days work he injured the ligaments in his knee, went to AE they put it huge bandage from hip to mid shine told to come back to clinic on Monday. he went to clinic and was told you can not go back to work and only a surgeon can fix your knee.
So now he can not go to work he has to fill in this ESA FORM there s not much we can tell them as we might have to wait up to 12 weeks to see the surgen,
so what do i tell them.
thank you for readng

Jacqui wrote: hi my son has been working on a 0 hour contract for a agency on one of the days work he injured the ligaments in his knee, went to AE they put it huge bandage from hip to mid shine told to come back to clinic on Monday. he went to clinic and was told you can not go back to work and only a surgeon can fix your knee.
So now he can not go to work he has to fill in this ESA FORM there s not much we can tell them as we might have to wait up to 12 weeks to see the surgen,
so what do i tell them.
thank you for readng

Hi J,

In your Son's situation, I assume that he would not be entitled to payment of SSP.

Therefore, he needs to obtain a MED 3 "Fit Note" from his G.P. which he needs to send into The DWP, he then needs to fill in an ESA 1 Claim Form. (Keep copies of both)

Sending Documents to the DWP or ATOS

He should then enter the 13 week assessment phase of ESA and should be entitled to the Assessment Rate, which is currently £71-70 for an single, over 25.

Sometime within the 13 weeks assessment phase, he should receive an ESA50 questionnaire to fiill in.

You can access an ESA 1 Form from this page :

www.gov.uk/employment-support-allowance

There is also a guide to ESA, under the heading of :

"Understanding Employment and Support Allowance
Our 42 page introductory guide to ESA."

On this page :

ESA Claims Guides

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Agency workers do have certain rights see Agency workers: your rights

In my opinion, from reading the guide, your son should qualify for Statutory Sick Pay