Project Manager, N:quire - Southcote Information and Support Member since 03rd Feb 2004
IB and work Tue 24-Feb-04 03:32 PM
Client who has been receiving IB for over a year - has been offered 4 weeks work full time so will lose IB. Does she need to re-apply for IB at the end of this job - thereby incurring a delay in receiving money or will they suspend it until the job is finished? She wants to know whether it is worth taking this job or not.
Welfare Rights Officer, Derbyshire County Council. Based at Portland House Member since 29th Jan 2004
RE: IB and work Tue 24-Feb-04 03:57 PM
I believe her claim will end but she will be able to bring it back to life again after 4 weeks because she should betreated as being in the same Period of Incapacity for Work (PIW). However it would be over-optimistic to expect no delay. In any case I should think that a new doctor's certificate would be required and that taking a job for 4 weeks might constitute grounds for a review of your client's award. For all these reasons my instinctive response is not to do it.