This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition help for the people self employed signed off work ill or injured for a long time
I'm in the construction trade, classed as self employed,if i don't work i don't get paid, i recently had an injury which caused me fractures and an operation, i was signed off work, told i can't get statutory sick pay i can only get ESA which is about £50 a week, which someone can barely live on.
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i was told by some people over the phone about the ESA and they said that the benefit will be backed up to the date i put down and then i get a letter saying they dont pay you for the first week but they didnt pay me for the 1st week or the 2nd, thats 2 weeks without money nobody can live like that.
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Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
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