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[Music] hi my name's steve and this is a video about the sick pay and benefits you might be entitled to if you have to take sick leave from work if you're an employee you might be entitled to contractual sick pay if you are this should be detailed in your contracts of employment and would normally mean you're entitled to full pay or a percentage of your pay for a set period of time if you're not entitled to contractual sick pay then you might be entitled to statutory sick pay this is paid by your employer not the government if you are entitled to statutory sick pay your employer has a legal obligation to pay this for up to 28 weeks to be entitled to statutory sick pay you must normally earn more than or the same as the national insurance lower earnings limit this is currently 120 pounds per week if you're an agency worker or work on a zero hour contract you can still be entitled to statutory sick pay and you should seek further advice by calling us on the number on screen if you're still on sick leave when you're entitled to statutory sick pay ends you can claim the government's sickness benefit new style employment and support allowance also known as new style esa to be entitled to new style esa you must satisfy national insurance conditions specifically related to recent tax years if you are self-employed on that entire sustainably sick pay for another reason you can claim new style esa straight away if you're not entitled to statutory sick pay our new style esa you might be entitled to means tested benefits if your household income is reduced by being on sick leave you also might be entitled to means tested benefits the relevant benefits would normally be universal credit to top up your income and council tax support to reduce your council tax payments if you rent your home universal credit can include amount to help pay your rent if you're over pension age you'll receive a disability benefit the means tested benefits you can claim might be different and you should seek advice by calling us i hope you found this video useful [Music]