Signing On When Ill

[cameliaheartfelt]

I have the Aussie flu and can barely lift my head from the pillow. I’m supposed to sign on Monday but doubt i will be able to get there. What happens if you don’t sign on, on your signing day?

[Buenchico]

http://www.gcvs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/JSA-Extended-Period-of-Sickness.pdf

[cameliaheartfelt]

So if I’m ill for less than 2 weeks I can miss and still get paid without going in, no doctors note required? Im not very clear on what it says.

[THECORBYLOON]

'Phone them up to let them know you're ill. You can have two sick periods of no more than fourteen days without a sick note each twelve months. If it's longer than two weeks, you'll need a sick note (statement of fitness for work is the proper name) and you can't carry on claiming JSA if it's longer than thirteen weeks.

If you don't make contact within the five working days following the signing date, your claim will be closed down regardless of the reasons for not attending.

All you need to do is complete a form called a JSA28 and in effect, you're self-certifying your incapacity.